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yesterday my hubby did barn chores. he did not check on my broody hen. Today I came out and we had a horrible cold front last night, and she was laying under the nest box with the box flipped and all the eggs cold inside. They were due to hatch on Thursday. Am i safe to say they are probably all...

hello! My broody hen has been sitting on her eggs in a dishpan, because our nesting boxes are a rack system with dishpans. When I moved her to the little coop so she would not be disturbed, I just picked out the whole dish pan she was in, and carried it over there with her and the eggs still...

We lived in Missouri for one year, and two months before my husband found out he was getting a promotion and we had to move to Texas, we finished the grandest of coops. I loved my coop, it matched our house, and was just the bomb. The offer came in, and included was a clause that we had to...

Today was just one of those days. Hubby is traveling for work, and I was a tad late getting outside this morning. Then, all of the new bags of feed were still in my SUV. I ended up opening them in the garage, and carrying the scoop of feed out for first the goats, and then the chickens...

I check the girls every morning, and yesterday, they all seemed fine. Today, when I was doing my check, I saw that my RIR was prolapsed and a large egg shape was hanging, and it was all covered in poop and junk. My son and I brought her in and soaked her, repeatedly cleaning the junk...

Well, hubby will probably be getting a promotion tomorrow, and we would be selling the house we bought 10 months ago and moving south. We are going to try to get a place with an existing barn, because the goats, pigs, and chickens ARE coming along!! We have plans of how to get them there...

Last night, or early this AM, someone decided to peck one of the bumps off of one of my girl's comb. It is a bloody mess, and because she keeps shaking her head, I can not get it to stop. So far, I have cleaned her up, and tried Bluecoat. It seemed to be stopped for a bit, but she shook...

Some of my girls are rescues, and two years old. The rest are pullets. We have 18 total. During the extreme heat, I was getting only about 3 eggs a day. Then, last week, it was cooler, lol, down in the 90's. The pullets have all started laying, and I was getting 8 eggs a day. Now, it...

It seems that my two fainting goat bucks think it is their job to guard the chickens. I am out in the pasture while everyone is eating, and the boys go about eating and walking around, but just about all the time that I am not out at the pasture, the boys are laying or standing next to the...

I have celiac's disease, and my stomach has been a mess, so I just assumed I ate something with gluten in it. Then, because it has been so bad, hubby said, "umm, it was on the news that Estes Hatchery is having a problem with salmonella, and I wonder if that is what is going on with you." I...

I am still learning here, so bear with me. I have 12 chickens, all were born in February. I am adopting 6- 2 year old chickens this weekend. What will I have to do the get them used to each other after quarantine, to add them to the coop? What can I expect behaviorally from everyone...

I am sorry if this is not the right place for this question, but I was not sure where it would go. Outside of our coop and pasture, on the property line, a black walnut sapling is growing, and my neighbor is excited about it. I thought I remembered them being toxic to chickens. It is about...

My question.... How old do they crow? How old do they have to be before you can safely say that they are all hens? I have two I am wondering about, just because of their face coloring. Other then being slightly more red, they are identical. They are 13 weeks old today.

Well, we purchased 12 chicks in total, 4 of them being barred rocks. One of them seemed to have slight foot problems when she was tiny, but not severe. As she has aged, her feet are obviously a mess. Her toes are all bent in the wrong way, but she gets around fine. Now, today, I realized...

So, the inside of the coop was completed yesterday. We took my cart, and put a towel in the bottom, loaded all twelve chicks into it, and covered them with a blanket for the big move to the coop....then the storms came. Yes, the storms with raging hail and a tornado just two miles from our...

We are at the home stretch, and all we have left is putting our perches up, but we are not sure how far from the wall they need to be. We are thinking about ten inches, does that sound good?

My little ones are getting ready to fly the... brooder and go into the coop. I have noticed some things with the brooder that I would like to be able to address better in our new coop. 1. The perches get disgusting, and they are extremely hard to clean. What do you use to clean the poop...

We have been having tons of rain and the earth worms are all gathering in our driveway. We decided to give some to the chickens. As soon as my hubby dropped one in, a chicken grabbed it and off it ran, with everyone else in chase. We threw about 6 worms in, and they were ripping them apart...

Good morning everyone!! I currently reside in PA, but hubby is going for a second interview for a job on Monday, and if he gets it:), we will be buying a farm in Missouri. I can't wait. We currently have 4 dogs, and quite a few reptiles, but when we move, we will be adding chickens, goats...