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We have 5 chickens one of which is an Ameracuana. We have almost always received 5 eggs a day. 4 of the eggs are in the brown family and 1 is blue/green. Recently the Ameracauna stopped laying. We knew it was her since the blue/green eggs were missing. After a few days we started getting 5...

I am wondering the same thing. We have 5 chickens and have almost always had 5 eggs. 4 of these have ranged from pinkish brown, to dark brown, specked, etc. but all in the brown family and we would always have one green/blue one. About a week ago we started only getting 4 eggs all in the...

Thanks, We are in North Central Phoenix. I love it ... Char

Hi, I am looking for someone that has raised chickens in AZ and knows what they are doing. We are in Phoenix and it was at least 110 today. Our coop is well ventilated and in the shade but still hot. I made sure the chickens had a lot of water and put some watermelon in for extra hydrations...

Hi, I am also wondering what is too hot for babies. We have 4 new ones and I have elected to put them in the coop vs inside because it is hot in Phoenix right now and with the air conditioning in the house I think outside will be better. My concern is that this week it has been up to 110...

Thanks for all of your posts... These are not bed bugs they are really really tiny. They look like this (.) Just a tiny dot that walks pretty slow but is filled with blood. I moved the chicken out of the brooder today. I would have liked to keep them in one more week but since we arein...

Hello, We have three baby chicks. They are about a week from going outside. Just about the time they came home we started to get bug bites. At first I thought our dogs might have fleas (though we have lived in Phoenix for 4 years and never had any it seemed like the most obvious option) I...

At what age can chickens start to have treats from the list provided on BYC? How often? I thought I would start with cooked eggs and plain cherrios. Olives Mom

Frizzledhen, Ever since we got the chicks I can't eat chicken ... Charlotte

I am still trying to figure out how much is normal. I do know they can get pasty butt and theat you need tomake sure the vent is clean. Rocco Mae just pooped a sqishy one that half of which was filled with bubbles. Anything to be concerned about? It was the color of a good cup of Starbucks...

Since I am new to chickens I have a lot of questions and it seems like many times the answers is in the poop so I am starting this tread in hopes of it easy to find answers ... Here is my question about poop for today: How often is normal? Charlotte

I am new to this hence why I have poop questions but in reading about poop I saw someone on 4/28 said it usually means worms ... I will start a poop thread ... Charlotte

Oh the things you learn! Thank you, Charlotte

The thing with a thread is that it goes down the page so people have to keep asking the same question ... mostly us beginners. I was thinking if it were on the main page Index ... such as raising chicks, feeding time, etc. that all poop questions could be in one area and one would not have to...