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Hi aart, THANKS FOR THE MANY EXCELLENT IDEAS! I never thought aBout early integration, so this article was very helpful! "For the future, brood the chicks in the coop for early integration. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/" The more space...

Hi EggSighted4Life, Thank you so much for the tip about setting up a panic room! What a genius idea! I can easily do this. " We usually include a panic room type set up.. with a small enough hole for the juveniles to enter and escape the biggon's if needed. This allows the older birds to see...

Hello everyone! I have four 8-week-old chicken pullets that are outgrowing the brooder. I released them into my chicken flock for 30 minutes and the hens attacked them viciously and constantly. I caught the pullets and put them back in the brooder, but I need to move them soon. Can I try to...

Ok, I will. If I open the bator quick, should I take out the now four chicks that have hatched? I remember reading once that having the chicks chirping in the bator can encourage the other eggs to hatch, but obviously I'm tempted to take them out. Advice? Also, two other eggs started to...

I've been a chicken mama for 9 years and this is our first hatch in an incubator! Yay! So the first egg hatched and an empty half shell stuck to another unhatched egg completely, like a glove. If that's the half where the unhatched baby chick's beak is, is it strong enough to break through...

Howdy everyone! I've been raising chickens for almost ten years now, but just laying hens and a rooster to keep them happy. I'm interested in broadening my flock to include meat birds to feed my family. When I started shopping for them, I noticed that the hatchery website said that the birds...

Hi everyone! Happy day! I have some sweet little week-old baby chicks that our broody hen is raising with the flock. Of course, now most of our girls are molting and I want to feed everyone some feather-fixer to get over this molt as quickly as possible. We have two feeders in the coop. One...

heya all! Question1- I have a broody hen who has chicks that will be two weeks old on a day when I’m getting new baby chicks. Can I add the baby chicks to the flock? Will mama hen protect them or will they get pecked and trampled to death? If the answer is yes, I can add them, then...

Hiya Chicken Family! We have a broody hen whose eggs are not hatching (4.5 weeks now) so we mail ordered chicks and they arrived today. I vaguely remember reading that it's best to introduce the chicks to mama at night time. Is it ok if we play with the chicks all day today before introducing...

Welcome to the club. :hitSorry. Mine are at 24 weeks and still not laying. So far, the advice that I've received is to feed the girls more protein. So I am! I hope it works for you. In the meantime, I am becoming more virtuous. Patience isn't the worst thing in the world, even when you...

If the eggs are poopy, definitely use a little dawn or vinegar. I like to keep a spray bottle with white vinegar AND dawn in it (soapy vinegar). Spray the poopy spot and wipe it off and then just a little water to rinse. Remember that when you wash eggs, you wash off the bloom, so it's better...

So I could not find that molt muffin recipe, but I did switch to a 20% protein feed two weeks ago. My girls are now 24 weeks and still nothing. But there are no more feathers in the coop and run for about ten days. Something else that I'm finding strange is a roo that we got eight weeks ago...

WOW I had no idea. Thanks for the info! I will switch back to grower tomorrow :)

Yes, it is hard indeed! I don't think that they are hiding them anywhere because I have looked everywhere. The combs do not look any redder than normal. I will have to try the fake eggs! That's a new one for me :P =P

I switched to layer pellet at 18 weeks. 4 BR, 4 EE, and 4 Welsummer.