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My wife and I hatched 15 guinea fowl earlier this year and now they are about 6 months old. We have them a coop to sleep in and we let them out all day to roam. About 2 weeks ago, they stopped going into their coop at night and just started roosting on top of their coop. I've raised guinea...

I have been raising chickens for a few years now and have had several breeds over the years. This coming year, I'd like to raise one that is dual-purpose (good tasting meat as well as laying a decent number of eggs per year), as well has being very cold hardy. That is the major criteria I'm...

First of all, it blows my mind how many people actually raise chickens as pets, and then they try to make me feel like a murderer for just discussing butchering them. Ok, I got that off my chest (sort of)... I recently rescued 30 chickens from a family member that couldn't properly take care...

My Orpington hen went broody a few weeks ago so I put two guinea eggs under her. Lo and behold, they both hatched but unfortunately, one of the baby guinea didn't make it. Three weeks later, the surviving keet gets along fine with just about everybody in the existing flock. I hope the picture...

Even though I've had my guineas for about a year now, I have to admit, I learn something new about them each day. I was under the impression they would not go broody in the pen, choosing instead to do so at a hidden location if allowed to free-range. Well, I let mine (I have seven) free range...

I have the lower end Brinsea incubator (manual turning of eggs), having bought it last summer. I pulled it out of the basement this morning to use it and noticed that the thermometer on it didn't appear to be normal. The mercury line was one steady line from one end of the thermometer to the...

My wife and I purchased about a dozen SFH eggs on ebay and of the 12, 3 hatched. These chickens are now approximately 6 months old. And although I've been raising Leghorns, Silkies, and Columbian Rocks now for about 2 years, it seems like SFH chickens are very different. For one, I can't...

I'm on my first year of raising a guinea flock. I have them trained to where they free range during the day and then go back to their coop at night but lately I've only been letting them out to free range about 2 hours before sunset. The reason I cut their free-ranging time is because they...

I have a flock of chickens that i allow to free range and lately they have started gandering out towards the road near my home. I was wondering if anyone has ever used one of those electric fences to combat a similar problem.

I've seen postings in terms of pounds for chickens but I have my chickens segregated into three different small flocks. Does anyone know, in simple terms (cups or ounces) per day each chicken should intake? I know this differs per breed, age, time of year, etc...but was just looking for a...

I have a Silkie hen that layed, brooded, and hatched her first unassisted chick. This is the first time I've been successful with any of my hens. By this I mean I've always had to hatch the eggs via incubator as I've never had a hen that actually took the sitting on the egg part serious. She has...

After reading these forums and finding good intel on which incubators were best, I went out and bought one and in the past few days hatched a dozen eggs. The rooster involved was is White Silkie, quite regal I might add. And the hens in question are (2) Columbian Rock hens and (2) White...

I have five full grown hens (leg horns). One of them recently hurt her leg and is unable to walk. I have noticed that two of the other hens now are harrassing her. Is this normal? Should I separate the one with the injured leg? This is my first time raising chickens. I also have six baby...