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Got off of work early today and purchased 9 more chics from 2 different feed stores! This chicken business is really addictive! I now have 20 chickens. 5 barred rock pullets/chics 5 rir pullets/chics 5 americauna pullets/chics 2 silkie pullet chics 1 americauna cockrel 2 rir hens ( they havent...

thanks mayb i will try it too!

I only have 2 rir hens about a year old. I purchased them 2 weeks ago they have only layed 2 eggs in the last 2 weeks and one hen is pecking on the other pretty hard during feeding and on the roost! should i intervene or leave them alone. I also have some pullets i plan to intergrate in with...

I am happy someone brought this up. My run was so muddy this morning that i let my hens free range all day. It was way too muddy to leave them in there while i was at work like i usually do! I have a cover over my run but the rain has been terrible and soaked the run turning it into stinky mud...

How old do roosters get til they begin to crow?

Thanks for the advice, Haunted 55, I checked everything u told me this morning. She seemed to be a lot better today back out in the run pecking around. I am pretty sure she was the one who layed me an egg today. A friend of mine came over he seems to think she is just broody. She even got back...

this was them on Saturday enjoying the sunshine now she won't even get out of the coop. Just lays around could she be broody?

Sounds big to me but I'm new to this. I made mine 14x16 and they are plenty big enough for my rir.

One of my rir hens is not behaving as usual. I only have two and they are usually neck n neck but i noticed this morning one of them would just lay around and didnt want to move unless i approached her. When she would get up and move i noticed she would favor one wing as she layed back down...

I think 4 weeks should b about 75 degrees. It was 37 here friday night i had to run two heat lamps.

I have been raising mine in an uninsulated workshop. I have a clip on work light with a heat lamp bulb over the brooder that i raise and lower to keep them at a warm temp at night.

I purchased two rir hens at a farm show saturday. The gent i bought em from said they are about a year old and laying everyday. I got em home and no eggs yet. Coop is all set up. I didnt have straw so i put some pine shavings in the nest boxes. Should i get some hay tommorrow and maybe put an...

i am reaching from above this might be my problem. gonna try to make some doors on front of the brooder. i never thought about the chics thinkin i am a predator coming in from above!

hey sarah.....my chics do the same thing. i have 3 barred rock,2 americaunas and 2 rir pullets all 3-5 weeks old. they run to the opposite side of the brooder when i try to feed n water them. i try to handle them as much as i can but they havnt calmed down yet.

take the survivor and raise it up to about 8-10 weeks with yours....then give her two of em.