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Well, now we are confused. She laid an egg yesterday, fully formed and with a shell. She seems fine, but still doesn't want to move. She eats and drinks fine. However, when we take her out of the cage she continues to waddle and uses her wings and beak to stabilize her. She can't seem to fully...

So in our flock of 16, we have a hen that is about five months old. All the chickens started laying eggs in the last two weeks. On Sunday we noticed this hen sitting on the floor of the coop and starting to waddle. We isolated her in a cage with her own food and water. She appeared egg-bound and...

We have a flock of 12 chickens. All are either a year old or 9 months old. Today we got an additional 2 chickens, which are about 3 months old. Most of our chickens ignored them, but one of our Welsummers went crazy with them. We didn't let it go on for long and separated the Welsummer out...

My husband and I have 4 kids and decided to each get our own breed and let each person name their own breed. My Buff Orpingtons are Buffy and Orpy. My husband's Gold Laced Wyandottes are Goldie and Dottie. My 4-year-old daughter's Buff Brahma Bantams are Lambie, Disgust, and Aurora. My...

The garage does have a ridge vent, although the ceiling is drywalled. There is a hole in the drywall in the center of the garage that opens to the "attic" of the garage. We could put some vents in the ceiling...I hadn't thought of that before. We have plans for a 10 x 12 foot run and we'll...

The screen door only opens into the garage, which is secure from predators. We are still planning to cover the screened areas with hardware cloth to keep the chickens in. We also framed in a large window into the garage for ventilation. We were going to cover that with both screen (to try to...

Are you not supposed to use screen just because it won't hold up to a chicken that wants to get out of the coop? Or is there another reason? Would it work to use the screen door and then put hardware cloth over it also?

We are in the process of building our chicken coop. We bought a house with an attached garage as well as a 2-stall detached garage. We only have 1 car and decided to convert part of our detached garage into a coop. I've read that chickens both need good ventilation and also create a lot of...

Our family is just starting out our adventure with chickens! We ordered 12 chicks from Chickens for Backyards and they all arrived happy and healthy with an additional 3. So we are now the proud owners of 15 chicks :) Our Buff Brahma Bantams--Lambie, Disgust, and Aurora: Our Barred Cochin...

My husband and 4 children and I have just embarked on our new adventure of raising chickens. We ordered 12 chicks from Chickens for Backyards and they were not only all healthy and active when they arrived, but they also sent us 3 extras! So we now have 15 chicks and, if they all make it to...