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We lost our first chicken, an EE just 5 months of age to a chicken hawk last week. He got her in our enclosed garden area which is too large to cover. Everyone is on lockdown in their covered yard now unless we are with them. Needless to say they are not happy! I looked online for deterrents to...

We lost our first chicken, an EE just 5 months of age to a chicken hawk last week. He got her in our enclosed garden area which is too large to cover. Everyone is on lockdown in their covered yard now unless we are with them. Needless to say they are not happy! I looked online for deterrents to...

Our sweet Roo Phil has never been overly vocal mostly crowing in morning and never all day this summer.Not sure of his age as he just showed up one day,but we think he's about two years old.He's much improved health wise since arriving in July ,very healthy and an all around well ajusted good...

Mystery solved!!! We ordered 3 EE's from Meyer 12 weeks ago .Two look exactly as pictured on Meyer website and are beautiful brown shades ,green legs and smoothe faces with chipmunk stripes. The odd girl who we wondered about has always been pure white with an adorable muff on her cheeks...

One more thing about insulation....chickens LOVE foam insulation so be sure to avoid exposed foam. We covered our foam sheet walls and celing with tub surround type paneling costing about $10 per sheet. Washes down beautifully!

Great info! This will be our second winter having chickens so we are still learning. We are in central Virginia and nights get down in teens ,sometimes colder with clear nights in Jan. and Feb. We were just discussing closing our two coop vents for winter but after reading this article have...

My girls enjoying "A Day At Dust Bath Spa"

I just placed an order of Fowl Pox vaccine from Twin Cities Poultry. Spoke with the owner Victor Hakes about the process as I have never vaccinated my birds myself. He was very helpfull. Anyway I just went back and looked at his website . Saw the "Worminator" wormer you speak of. Any new info...

My girls are going crazy hunting and eating baby toads in our freshly turned over garden. Hopefully they have enough sence to know what's safe or I will be dealing with 11 hens with tummy aches tonight!

My 16 month old Production Red hen, Blue Bell was lame this morning. She was picture of health when she went to roost last night and now is totally lame.She appears alert . Will take a few steps with a little push to her bottom but is not at all interested in walking. I seperated her to the...

We are in the same situation .My first flock and first case of broody .Blanch, my 15 month old Barred Rock is miserable going on two weeks . She went from happy and healthy to a bag of bones. I remove her and any eggs from her nest box . Check on her every few hours so she can drink .She will...

Great article ! We have just started free ranging our 13 month old hens in the afternoon between 3:00 and 5:00 when all but one or two of our little flock has already layed their eggs. We open their pen and they happily march behind us over to a shaded area where we feed them treats and have a...

Hi, I'm in Amherst Virginia and have 12 hens ,consisting of 6 Production Reds , 3 Rocks and 2 Andalusians. I'm only a year into chickens and and never attended a swap .Does anyone know of any within an hour's drive of me? Ruth