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Interesting point. I would expect individual hen personality would be a bigger thing than breed, but I don't know for sure. With mine...

My art, chicken and otherwise! Doodles of Lil’ Nappy before we knew she was a hen. She was taken by a predator yesterday. ;-; Rainbow...

They are looking for an animal that is well cared for. If your son takes good care of his bird, he will do well. Kudos on getting him...

Have you called the ASPCA, or whatever animal organization you have?

So a few weeks ago, two of my hens went broody. I don’t have any fertile eggs to give them, haven’t had a rooster in about a year now...

It would be interesting to know if the problems or positives are related to the breed of the mamma hens.

I had one time when two hens were willing to raise chicks in the same pen-- but for whatever reason, all the chicks kept ending up with...

You can find threads on here (with photos) where multiple hens have hatched chicks together on the same nest and worked together to...

I let some of my Cochins and Seramas co-nest and never again. Many of the eggs ended up not developing or dying early on because the...

Horizontally is side-to-side. If one roosting bar is 12 inches from the wall, and the other is 18 inches away horizontally, that would...

Ive tested it at 8 feet. You are mistaken. It works as designed at 8 feet.

You can have more windows if you cover them with hardware cloth. Also, please put your location in.

Everything is more strict at a restaurant of any kind. Any food establishment that uses washable dishes has to have three sinks. One to...

There is no reason that you have to give them "treats". As for any grains, you can presoak the grains before you give it to them. Corn...

You need a thingy that monitors the temperature and humidity. They sell at TSC and probably any rural hardware store.