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I was wondering the same. I have 3 chicken hens and 2 Guinea Cocks. They follow the chicken hens everywhere and the 2 Guinea cocks keep fighting . I had to hose them apart. I did see a much of feathers on ground from one of my hens. Not sure if anything happened. I originally got them for...

Thank you again! I just got the email that my eggs have been shipped and are on the way. 2 White Plymouth Rock 2 Easter Egger 1 Black Australorp 1 Speckled Sussex I guess it is 50/50 if female. We are not allowed to have males/ roosters here, so I hope we get mostly females. Is there a trick...

Wow, Wow, Thank you for spending the time to provide me all that information!!! I will reread a few times. Here is a pic of the cage I made and put in my coop. I also put a brooder in there for after the chicks are born to keep warm, but sounds like you think they might not need that...

I currently have 3 chickens and 2 Guinea hens. My Red cross chicken has been broody on and off. I should be receiving 6 fertilized eggs this week. I want to put them in the coop for her to hatch. I wanted to make sure that the Guineas and others don't bother her or the chicks so I made a cage...

The giant water cooler in the upper corner is my water system I am working on. It is a gravity fed system with pipes running down with 2 or 3 cups in the coop and then goes down to the run with 2 more cups for them to drink from. Because it works on gravity it needs to be up high and since it...

I put the water drinker in the coop because it is winter time. Although it has been a mild winter, usually New York winters are quite severe. If outside in winter it would get covered in snow and freeze easier. I did not think about humidity or causing frost bite. It seems well ventilated...

Interesting, thanks for sharing. I have not noticed anything on bottom yet, but will keep an eye out for anything like that.

Great ideas, thank you all for the input. I will keep my eyes open for a deal on a Broody cage. Although it has been a mild winter, I can't wait to get through it.

I guess I can't ask "Where were you when I needed you?" The answer is you were right here on Backyard chickens.com. Wow, Great Thread!!! I thank you for creating. I spent the whole summer of 2018 building my first chicken coop while taking care of my first baby chicks in the house.:jumpy I...

I think the longer they are broody the harder to break, I have been some what lucky in that I have caught this behavior early and by just keeping her out for day, along with some coop modifications has worked. But it has returned 2 months later, but i took her out of nesting box quick when I...

Hello everyone, So I just built my first coop and it is my first year with chickens. I realized I needed some kind of water drinker that would not freeze. I decided to put something together to prevent water from freezing and that would not cost much. Full disclosure... I am not an...

Hi Cyprus, I actually bought the metal one from the tractor supply. I got metal because I was making my own water heater system. The reviews were bad, but once the cover slide on it does not seem to leak. I actually made a video of my project. Hope it works out.. Sometimes seems nothing...

Hi Guys and Gals, Its good to be back, I was offline during the busy holidays and need time to catch up and re-cooperate. Anyway, a couple months ago my 6 month old chicken went Broody. I took all the great advice and was able to break her of Broody in a day (Breaking Broody I). I thought...

Hi everyone, So much knowledge out there. I always say the world would be a better place if we all would listen to our elders. Our elders have the experience (good and bad) and this is wisdom. Anyway, I have had chickens almost 7 months. I tried to do some research ahead, but never enough...

Hi, sorry for the long delay. It is a busy time of year. Anyway, thanks for all your concerns. This Guinea seems to be doing very well. Seems to be back to normal chasing the others . I have always noticed both Guineas walk funny compared to the chickens. They have always walked a little...