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We recently had some flies around our run and it started to smell REALLY bad. I put a bunch of hay down as a temporary measure - the problem was we had a drainage issue so the poo wasn’t drying out at all. Much to my surprise the hay completely solved the problem (this was a month ago now). I am...

Thank you!! What you said about the girls - we have one pullet who hatched with the olive egger cockerel who chases him around the yard and tries to pluck the feathers out of him. It's kind of hilarious to watch, he runs away from her like his life depends on it 🤣. So I wonder if things will get...

Hahaha I’m learning that!! 😂 I’m gonna try what you suggested tonight if I can find something around the house to separate the roost with. We will start doing this every night and see how it goes! 🤞🏼

Thank you for responding. I know that our coop and run are too small - when you say that we should be able to let them free range all day in Central Kentucky do you think the hawks aren't an issue? We are in Lexington fairly close to downtown and the hawks have been hanging out above our house...

Yes, I know it's definitely too small.... We had never intended on having 14 chickens! Haha. We have considered building another coop on the opposite side of the run and expanding the run out some but we have wondered if they will naturally separate to the individual coops or will they all still...

Yes they hatched together and have been raised with each other - that's why I think they sleep together and eat/drink together. You almost always see them together when they are out in the yard.... Also, only the OE roo crows, the BO roo doesn't crow and I'm not sure he really mates the hens...

Thank you! So if we put a partition in will they naturally go on the opposite sides of each other? We will work on that today. I really appreciate your help!

Would help if I attached the photos 🤣

Ok so here’s the coop/run and the inside of the coop- we initially planned on only having about 8 chickens but then we had ours get attacked and lost one. We purchased 4 more from a breeder (straight run) and she gave us 8 to increase our chances of getting hens. We gave two roosters away and...

This makes me feel a lot better!! I’m guessing if we have one of them their own space we would need to build a second smaller coop and keep it on the other side of the run? Posting pictures in just a few min

So we have 14 chickens and ended up with 2 roosters (roos hatched on 7/1 so they are about 4.5 months right now). So far both of our roosters are very nice to people (they don’t necessarily want to be “cuddled” but they let us pick them up and love coming in every day for their grapes 😂. I am...

I need some advice - we have 14 chickens total. 7 of our chickens hatched together and we have had them since day one. We ended up with two roosters out of that bunch (who both happen to be the sweetest ever with us and our kids). Things were going well with them until recently (I’m assuming...

Thank you so much. I am really hoping he resolves. Taking him in to get X-rays at your advice. Thank you so much again, never thought I could get so attached to a chicken ❤️

We just have the two roos (hatched together). Our other roo is extremely laid back so far and the two have never really fought or one upped each other). The vet we took him to is an avian vet and sees chickens frequently from what I understand. I am going to call her again tomorrow and request...

Thank you for the info! I will restart the Metacam tonight. We were feeding the Purina Medicated Starter feed before and have now switched to the Nutrena Naturewise Starter/Grower. We have the Scratch and Peck feed for a while in between but it just got too expensive for us to keep up with...