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It's a long stoy It's a long story but I have too many chickens for my little run. They are 6 months old and all hens. Will people buy them, and if so at what price? Should I just give them away because people won't buy them? Please chime in.

When my dad and I had chickens we just used standard chicken wire for the run which is very hard to work with and seems to rust away to dust in a relatively short time. I'm thinking of rebuilding the run that was attached to a solidly built coop that could hold 70 chickens, if I can rodent...

My dad always fed the chickens oyster shells and he just left them out in a special container and they seemed to know they should eat it. Is that all I need to do with grit?

Thanks so much for the help. I'm pricing it now. Does the coroplast have to be protected by anything else or is it good as a stand alobw insulation material?

Welcome, Welcome!

I did mine with the one light and we only have one window in the barn, it doesn't let in much light and mine did just fine,

I wanted a 2 gallon waterer and the only thing available was one with the nipples. How do you teach the chickens how to use the new waterer.

I have gone into my profile and added quite s bit of information, including the fact the I live in western WA and am 1 hour north of Seattle. A really cold day here is when it gets down into the 20's or high teens.. My flock are different than any bird I have raised. Unlike most flocks they...

If that is the case then I have four roosters who look very similar and the other 6 are hens. That would be perfect. I hope that I am seeing what you are seeing.

This year is the first time I have attempted to raise a flock made up entirely of Polish chickens. I have several chickens that looked exactly alike. It is amazing, but they are absolutely identical. The chickens are straight run so surely I have some roosters. The problem is that, unlike...

This is the first year I have attempted to raise a flock made up of Polish chickens They are about 6 months old and are quite different in their activities than standard chickens. My problem is that many of them look exactly alike and they are straight run. Clearly I must some roosters...

I have to insulate a portion of my chicken run. I have checked all over the internet and apparently I am the only person on earth who has ever had to do this. My problem is that I basically know what to do, but I don't know what kind of insulation would be safe for the chickens if they got to...

Don't be fooled. I had a rat infestation and they took down several chickens before I knew what was going on. I too thought that rats were too small to harm a full grown chicken. Enough rats and they will devour anything. The rat infestation is what forced me to sell off my entire flock a...

Is grain scratch good for the chickens or is it just a marketing idea from the animal industry. I have always give the chickens cracked corn but the scratch looks more nutritious to me.

If I use medicated crumbles for the chicks, at what point is it good to put them on a non-medicated diet?