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Hi! I have a 4 month old Blue Laced Red Wyandotte rooster that I am looking to rehome. I live in Rhode Island but would be willing to travel to Massachusetts or Connecticut. Please let me know if you or anyone you know is interested. Thank you so much in advance! Wendy

Love the lights!! I'll let you know how it goes. My Easter egger (Coconut) came prancing out right when we opened the coop at 6:30 this morning and started eating her breakfast and then we heard the egg song a little bit later so she doesn't seem bothered at all so far. The other four stayed in...

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Thank you! My husband and I built it. We let them free range too but only when we're out in the yard as we have foxes and hawks. Yes they all seem to be quite happy roosting in there. They go right in at night and snuggle up next to each other with room to spare. We put more plastic up on the...

Good suggestion - yes I think you're right, we will have to experiment a bit. Definitely adding some plastic sheeting to the other sides. Thanks again!

Hi Mary, Thanks! We get northeasters and are forecasted for one on Wednesday night. 6-12" of snow, winds, temps in teens. We were thinking of putting plastic sheeting or tarps around the other side as well at least just to get thru this storm. The hardware cloth is buried over a foot underground...

Hi there! This is my first winter raising chickens. I have 5 hens - speckled sussex, easter egger, buff orpington, buff brahma and barred plymouth rock. I have done a lot of reading on their requirements for colder weather. I live in Rhode Island. It hasn't been too cold yet, however we're...

I have 5 hens that we got as chicks in April (layers & pets). 4 of them are laying. I switched from 18% chick feed to 17% layer crumbles as soon as they started laying. I also provide oyster shells for them to eat as they please. My question is that my brahma isn't laying yet or showing signs of...

Thanks - that's what I was hoping!

The book that I have been referencing since getting my first flock of chicks suggests switching from 18% chick starter feed to 16% protein feed at 15 weeks until 22 weeks or until they begin laying. The bag of chick starter I have (Kalmbach 18% start right chick feed) says I can feed this until...

Good advice - thanks so much! I have given chick grit in the brooder, but not while they are outside, so will start offering that while they are outside as well. It seems to have subsided at least for now, so I'm thinking it was too much melon. But will continue to keep an eye. Going to lay off...

Hi, First time raising chicks. So far they seem to be doing great until I noticed some watery diarrhea today. Now that the weather has been getting better, I've been taking them out of the brooder for a few hours each day to walk around in an enclosure in the yard. I have also started giving...

It might be - I guess I need to take another look to see if that's what it is. (And reread that chapter on different parts of chickens 😉)

Hi, This is my first time raising chicks. My chicks are 1 week old today and seem to be doing well overall so far. I just went in to check on them and one of them kept reaching around to itch where her tail feathers were and everytime kept making a sound that seemed like she was in pain or...

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