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Thank you all, I know I've read a lot on this subject and everything else about chickens but sometimes it helps to here the opinion of people who have had their own experiences and could lend some good advice that I haven't read. It's My first year and totally new to me so I'm kinda worried a...

This article also mention that chickens can do fine in freezing temperatures so I was just wondering what others opinion were. Thank you

This is the article from this site that said how important it is too have lots of vents Chicken Coop Ventilation - Go Out There And Cut More Holes In Your Coop! www.backyardchickens.com Patandchickens' Big Ol' VENTILATION Page Or, Go out there and cut more holes in your coop!...

Hello all, I am still new to this backyard chicken experience and we are coming into our first winter for the girls. We live in upstate New York and I am double checking my decision for my girls and NY winter. I have read both for heating their hen house and not. I have heard people say...

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We have the typical 6 chickens in our back yard. So it will be 1 rooster to 5 hens. And storing the eggs collected pointy end down I didn't know about. Is that only for eggs that might have been fertilized?

And yes, I'm sorry I do know that they are all chickens and the females are pullet/hens and the males cockerel/rooster, just got writing too fast without thinking it through. I'll be very disappointed if I can't keep him.

Now mind the fact that I read that all chickens male or female may develop the red comb and wattles. So when Rita developed them I just .thought that was characteristic of her type a chicken breed

Hello all, today I discovered that one of my beloved ladies... is no lady. It has been confirmed with 3 crows that Rita is now Rocco. I wouldn't mind having a rooster the crowing doesn't bother me, I've heard the neighbors rooster in the distance, in fact I love it, it's so country to me and I...

Leave the pine chips for a month or more?? I'm not sure about that cause I live in a development on a small piece of property and I'm afraid it would smell after a while especially in this hot heat of summer. And what about disease? can't the hens get sick from living in their poop for that...

My girls are getting older and will soon be pullets. They are about 10wks now, I heard they will reach pullethood at 12wks. (If this is correct) I also read that hens will sometimes favor a nest box for laying. Though my girls are far from laying, they have all decided to sleep in the nest boxes...

I know this is a question and subject that has been asked and talked about before but... I am trying to figure out the best procedure and most economical solution to my coop maintenance. I know there are all different types of bedding and it's everyone's own preference. Currently I am using...

BIG Question... MITES where do they come from and what to do to get rid of them. My chicks are only going on 6 weeks old (which I guess makes them pullets now?), I have been putting them outside for a few hours of sun since they were about 3 weeks and the weather warmed up here in Upstate NY...

Thank you, all was very helpful.

Hello again I know that hens eat pretty much anything, and that they are omnivores so they can also eat meat. Though I plan on only feeding my girls an organic vegetable diet, (they can get their meat from bugs and worms) I was wondering if there was anything they should NOT eat? I heard to feed...