One of my white chickens seems to always have a dirty butt. She isn't one that enjoys coming to me or allowing me to pick her up. They are totally free range around my yard and stay in their coop pretty much every night. I never know who is laying and who isn't so I'm not sure if she is or not...
My 3 month old Gold-laced Wyndot is acting off. I had three hens in a cage outside near my coop for my older hens but separate. One girl died virtually overnight. She was fine in the morning one day and dead the next morning. No signs of anything visible wrong. I thoroughly scrubbed the cage and...
Hi all! I had 5 new chicks that I was introducing to my flock. I have 4 older hens and 3 guineas (that adopted my house and I can't get rid of them) in the area where I had the new chicks. The young ones are about 7 weeks old. I had them in their box with a lid on it and placed that into the...
Anyone sell your eggs? How do you gage what to price them? I'm getting 4-5 eggs per day right now (I have 5 hens) and we have a pretty good amount in our fridge. I had a friend who wanted to buy some, but I don't have any idea what to charge her? Is $4 a dozen ridiculous or reasonable...
I'm getting my first chickens this week. I have the coop set up now (very generally) and I was wondering about how you guys feed and what you'd feed to older chickens. I'm getting 6 from a woman who is tired of taking care of them. 2 are older and have been laying a while. The other 4 are...
Hi all! I'm new and I'm interested in getting some chickens. I have a large workshop in our backyard that has what was once a horse stall at the back of it. I am thinking of converting this into a chicken coop and allowing the chickens to roam free outside the stall in the very backyard. I...
Hi, my name is Beth and I'm interested in getting some hens to keep in our backyard. We live on about 2 acres and it is mostly country out here. I'm a mom to 3 young kids and I would like them to learn to keep chickens and take care of them well. I'm here looking for advice and ideas. Thanks!