freerangechickens

Hi everyone! New here so forgive me for any chicken forum faux pas! I have a situation I haven’t encountered before so I’m not entirely sure what to do. I recently found a dead chick near one of her hang out spots and the rest of the flock in hiding. The body wasn’t damaged in anyway. I didn’t...

Chicks are out of the lamp and have been 2 days locked up on the coop, when should I let them out? So they know coop is home? 🙀

Hi, from N.C.! It’s great to find communities out there to share with and provide support for people who are into chickens as well as perhaps all-things farms. My husband and I are back living full-time on our family horse farm for the 1st time in over 25 years. No horses for now, we are living...

Hi everyone! I am new to chickens and would love to get some advice on a few questions. So I have my run and coops in my back yard, the majority of the back yard is a pool and a hillside with lots of plants that people have said are poisonous to chickens. Like irises, hydrangeas, hosta's, old...

Hello Everyone, I just found this group googling for advice on how to deal with a BC killing my hens. I’m not new to chickens as I grew up with them but I am new to owning a BC that needed a home or was going to the shelter. I really love this puppy (he just turned 2) but he has now killed 2 of...

Hello all, I am a new member. here is a bit about myself. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? - I got my 1st Chicks, 2 polish chicks and silkie chicken; back in Arp 2018 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? - Now I got 2 polish hens, The Silkie chicken , I...

My 8 x 4 chicken tractors worked well for 5-6 chicks. How do I know? A big indication seemed to be the condition of the grass and that the chickens always were able to stay clean. My grass was a beautiful, deep green with no holes a couple of weeks after the tractor had been moved and the...