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Hi All, My little banty hen has been setting for 21 days today. She has 11 eggs under her, and of all places inside a roll of metal coil my husband uses for siding houses. I have some questions. First of all, I went out to check on her today to see if there was any activity. We are going to...

Howdy all! It's been a while since I posted, so I'll give a short update. Since I wrote last, we lost 3 chickens. Two to a neighbor dog that broke through our fence. grr (The owner fixed the fence and we built a much better run.) And the third flew over our old run fence and was stepped on...

Hi All! My banties (3 roosters and 1 hen) are 4-1/2 months old now. My RIRs are 2-1/2 months, but slightly bigger than the banties. However, my banty rooster has my RIRs so scared that he won't even let them eat unless I physically separate them. He is very obviously the ruler of the pack...

Hi All, I have a baby chick who is 3 weeks old and her beak is starting to curve to the right. It doesn't stop her from eating or drinking, so I don't imagine that it's a serious problem right now. Is this something that could become a problem as she gets older?

I've been reading as many posts here as I can about this topic, and I'm trying not to duplicate questions already asked, but if you could have any kind of run (your dream run!), how would it be built? Hardware cloth seems to win as far as what to use for the fencing. Burying it also seems to...

Well, here are pics of our coop. My hubby is a building contractor, so he had all of the materials laying around. As you can see, it's a framed coop with vinyl siding. Roost, water jug, and food bin - but will be changing to a hanging feeder this weekend. Nesting boxes: Small cage for...

Can anyone tell me definitively whether I have a male and female here or two males?

Hi all! I'm getting quite the little flock built up now. My bantams are 4 months old (I expect my hens will soon start laying?), my RIRs are 2 months old, and I have 8 one-week-old chicks of varying breeds. My first question is regarding feeding in general. First off, I put their food in...

Hi All, I need to get my 7-week-old RIR's out in the coop with my 11-week old bantys. The RIRs are inside my house and are starting to get pretty smelly, so time's up. Anyway, I think the only option to introduce them successfully is to build a brooder of some sort and put the younger...

Hi All, Well, it's about that time, but I admit I'm stressing out!! I have 14 new babies coming on the 25th and I have 2 six-week-old RIRs here inside my house living in a big Rubbermaid tote. I have 4 bantam chickens outside in the coop and they are about 10 weeks old. My dh and I thought we...

Hi all, My RIR chicks are 4 weeks old now. I was hoping I'd be able to tell what they were by now, but I can't! Are there any sure-fire tips on male vs. female traits that I could look for? They are absolutely identical except one has a red tip on its beak and the other doesn't. My black...

Hi all! I've been reading this board trying to learn more from all of you and as you can expect, I have questions. My kids would be devastated if something were to happen to our new babies, so I'd like to protect them as best I can. Does anyone have cats? And if so, how do you teach the...

Hi All, Well, we're getting close to finishing what I've been calling our chicken mansion and will be moving our 8-week-old bantams out to it tonight!! For those of you who are veterans to this chicken thing, I can assure you that you'll be like :o when I post the finished pics of it. More...

Hi all! I found this forum online and thought I'd come check it out in an effort to learn more about the cute little family members we adopted last week. My husband, 3 daughters, and I decided that we would take on the fun of having chickens a few months ago. My husband works as a handyman...