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I posted a little while ago about my hen losing her feathers. She's a little less than a year old. I only have two hens and they have a pretty big range of space and can come and go as they please into the coop/run. She has developed a bald patch on her chest that started about the size of a...

One of my girls is a little under a year old and has recently developed a small bald patch on her chest. It started out slow and subtle with a few feathers missing, and has become a bald patch a little bigger than a quarter. It's right in the center of her chest. She does not seem to be bothered...

One of my hens has had runny poop for 4-5 days now. I'm not sure if it is something that is happening constantly, or just in some circumstances. However I've been seeing some runny spots out in the run and I saw one come from one chicken. Both girls are eating fine and active, also both are...

My girls just started laying and I switched them over from purina flock raiser crumbles to the layena pellets. It's been in the feeder for a few days now and they don't seem to be very interested in it at all - it seems hardly eaten. The weather has been really cold here the past few days too...

My chickens just started laying eggs this week. We have noticed that they have been pecking at the eggs when we collect them. Ideally, I would collect them in the morning, but there hasn't been anything there in the morning. Is there any reason they would both be pecking at the eggs? I can't get...

One of my girls finally laid her first egg! It seems to be a pretty decent one too. I think it's the brown leghorn that laid this one, since it's white. What do you think?

My chickens are 6.25 months old. One is a barred rock and the other is a brown leghorn. A few days ago I noticed the brown leghorn squatting for me when I went out to the run. Then today while feeding I noticed the barred rock was squatting. I put out some oyster shell for them tonight to help...

I just saw the weather report and tomorrow night it is supposed to get down to 18 degrees. They're saying its the coldest weather in 25 years. Now I grew up in Buffalo, NY and I'm very accustomed to cold winter weather. However I never had chickens in any winter-like weather before. I only have...

My hens are about 5 months and 1 week old. No eggs yet. They both have pretty red combs/waddles, but no sign of laying. They don't free range (we're urban) but have a pretty sizable run. They eat purina flock raiser, and one hen is a brown leghorn and the other is a barred rock. Am I doing...

This morning I opened the door of my chickens' run to check food and water and one chicken scooted out of the gate - my little brown leghorn. I quickly shut the gate and ran after her to grab her. I finally got her in my hands, then the other chicken - my barred rock - scooted out the gate and...

I was just outside changing water and filling feed and I noticed that there was a swarm of red ants underneath my chickens' feeder. I hosed them off and cleaned the feeder and water container. Normally I set the feeder and waterer on a wooden board because it helps keep the pine shavings out of...

I was just outside changing water and filling feed and I noticed that there was a swarm of red ants underneath my chickens' feeder. I hosed them off and cleaned the feeder and water container. Normally I set the feeder and waterer on a wooden board because it helps keep the pine shavings out of...

I thought I would start a forum for those of us interested in the idea of self sufficiency but live in an urban area. I live in Jacksonville, FL and live about 5 minutes from the center of downtown. I currently have chickens and a set of large raised garden beds which I have begun to use to grow...

I only currently keep two chickens as a starter flock right now. I wanted to start small, as I've never kept chickens before and didn't want to get overwhelmed. Now I feel a bit more confident and feel like I can expand to another hen or two. If I do decide to get another hen or two, what is the...

My chickens are about 4 3/4 months old or so. As of right now, they have a bit of a comb and waddles developed, but they still seem smallish and don't look much older than they did when I got them at 10 weeks. I live in Jacksonville, FL - so it isn't dramatically cold here or anything. I'm...

I have two chickens who are 10 weeks old. One is a brown leghorn and the other chicken is a barred rock. I've had them for about 2 weeks now. In the past few days, I have noticed an amount of feathers being lost. I notice they probably have lost about 10-20 feathers a day the past 2-3 days, some...

I've been poking around this forum and I am surprised, or well maybe not surprised, to see that no one has mentioned German Shepherds in relationship to keeping chickens. Let me tell you about my story... I just got two chickens - as a first time chicken keeper - over the past weekend. My dog...