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I really believe in the concept of free ranging my chickens, but so sad when I lose one. We have a beautiful 6 acre piece of land, about 1 acre of which is yard/meadow, the rest is forest surrounding us. The chickens (we have six adult hens right now) have a 10x16 run and 10x12 coop with...

I have 8 easter eggers currently, and would like to double my flock, as I have TONS of room (8 acres of land, 160 sq foot run, 100 sq foot coop), and my girls are getting past their laying prime. Our chickens are mainly pets, with eggs as a side benefit. We chose our next 8 just by cold...

I have 8 easter eggers currently, and would like to double my flock, as I have TONS of room (8 acres of land, 160 sq foot run, 100 sq foot coop), and my girls are getting past their laying prime. Our chickens are mainly pets, with eggs as a side benefit. We chose our next 8 just by cold...

I have one out of my sixteen "Easter Eggers" just start laying last week. So far, each egg has been laid in a hollow she scratched out of the litter. None of my girls will go in the nesting boxes at all, even though we have ceramic eggs in them. Is this something that they will eventually just...

We have a pretty big coop/run setup (see pic) for our 16 chickens. After reading this and that here and there, I thought that deep litter might be a good option for me because I have a garden, and I thought it might help keep the chickens more warm in winter. I live in the Berkshire foothills...

My 13 week old hens are on Dumor grower/finisher feed. They'll eat all the little grape-nut sized pieces, but leave all the finer "dust" behind. It seems pretty wasteful for them not to eat it. I tried mixing it with warm water to make sort of a pasty-textured porridge for them, but no...

Second question of the day.... NONE of my 8 week old hens use the roost at night. They make a massive pile in the corner. During the day, they flap up to both a low roost we have just for fun, and a "loft" that we built for fun also. I know they can fly up to the roost, because each...

A couple of weeks ago, the vote on "Fancy" was that she was a hen, because at the time, she lacked any discernible wattle or comb. Fancy is almost now 8 weeks (on Aug 5) old, and has started to develop wattles. Does this change the vote to too? Also, what a good sport is she???? :) Jen

Hello, We have a beautiful polish crested that came as our "free mystery chick" from Murray McMurray. S/He (not sure yet) seems to get along with the other hens, I never see anyone picking on him, but clearly it's happening at some point when I am not looking because ever since his/her baby...

I'm new, HI!!! I am also in looooooove, as I'm sure all of you are as well. I have 16 Easter Eggers, and I'm really enjoying learning all their personalities. I do have one little drama queen that's given me a fright a couple of times now, because when she gets in the sun, she likes to lay...

We ordered 15 easter eggers from Murray McMurray, and we got 13 that looked like little chipmunks and 2 that were straight yellow fuzz. One of the two yellow ones has grown almost all-white feathers, with maybe a trace of tan on her head, the other is white and tawny. Is this a normal...

Someone (more than one someone?) in my flock is having red, bloody poops. At first it looked like a solid red poop that was similar in color/texture to red velvet cake. But now it looks much more like a wet bloody poop. My chicks are 4 weeks old. I'm confused about a few things. First, my...