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what kind of bedding are you using? and how often are you changing it?

too much money.

As long they are fed and have a big enough space, you shouldn't have to worry about that. however... they live on solid concrete? they might get stressed about that if they are bored. chickens LOVE to forage. mine are never happy when they are boxed in the coop. what breed are you going to get...

I also keep hearing about cochins. I used to have one, and her problem was, she was a big girl. she kept breaking eggs by accident. does anyone know how I could fix this?

Anyone have a belugain D'uccle? I hear nothing but positive comments about this breed

Are Old English Games flighty? That was one of my problems with that breed. One problem with breeds like that is that they are masters at escaping. our Japanese bantam squeezes under our gate all the time :rolleyes:

hi everyone, I have been trying to select 3 or 4 new chickens for my current flock. I have been trying to research I am looking for (preferably) bantam breeds but large fowl will do. I would like breeds I don't currently have, and would be preferably cold hardy and family friendly. My current...

we find them outside, not in our coop. we leave the door open at night, but the coop is like 4 feet off the ground. i guess they are slow to get in the coop and get attacked at night? raccoons are nocturnal, right?

:welcome Your lavender is a roo, your buff is a pullet. I have a buff orpington around that age too! :love

I agree with everything here-adorable silkies!

Another hen dead... :( That's right. For all those who responded to part one (or if your new and didn't see part one) we have been having a couple of casualties in our flock. people said it was a raccoon of some sort. this morning, another hen died... It looks like a raccoon, all right. there...

If your chicks are outside, they can find their own grit. try putting fake eggs in the nesting boxes, they may be attached. also, welcome to byc. :wee:welcome

I agree with this-image 1 is DEFINITIVELY a New Hampshire-looked exactly like mine did at that age. your little black Cochin is a cockerel.

that's exactly what happened during the winter these three cockerels were not however. It may actually be a raccoon of some sort. we found holes in our fence, and a friend of mine who lives in our subdivision and had a raccoon problem.