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Two years ago I got some Bob white eggs with a brooder. So I hatched them and the next season i hatched about 80 of there eggs. I could not eat them. So I cut a small hole in my run and let them come and go as they wanted.At first they hung around but soon they paired up and almost all of them...

I have a coop with several different aged hens, Some group is always molting. I am guessing close to 100 hens. I added 50 young birds to the coop a little early (they were not laying yet)because I had no were else to put them. They are laying now but mostly pullet eggs. A few are still roosting...

Ok Football was a broad breasted Tom turkey about 3 years old and close to 35 pounds whole. He and my other Tom were free ranging because the hens needed a vacation from the guys. Both Turkeys were Roosting on my hitching post. I came out this morning and was not greeted by them! I found the...

Hello I have a small flock of Bob whites.About a year old now. They live in my juvenile coop. It is open to a large inclosed run.I had 6 roosters and 7 hens. They have laid many eggs and are still laying. I have about 75 chicks in my brooder. About two weeks ago one hen started acting very weak...

My Bobwhites Will be 8 months old in a few days. I do believe I ended up with 7 hens and 7 roosters. All are in the same large chicken run. I also have a Tom turkey and his girlfriend in this coop. They all seem to get along just fine.I constantly look for eggs and any sign of breeding or laying...

I have been keeping chickens and other fowl about 2 years now. and several of my distant neighbors also keep all kinds of livestock, including goats and pigs. We also have foxes, coyotes,Raccoons , possums and I'm sure some things I've never seen. I live on 5 acres and have a couple Horses a...

For the last year I've watched my Neighbors cat stalk my chicken runs. (I do not free range but I have very large runs) This cat slowly has gotten braver.I have found it on my runs, on my barn and in it several times. Now it has urinated in my feed room. :rant Soon I may have some chicks and Im...

I have been in need of a auto watering system for some time as I have quite a few fowl. I bought a pack of cups and then some nipple waters but knowing my water I never tried them because I new it would never work. Well I toyed with a idea for at least six months and this is what I came up with...

Last season I raised 30 Red broilers from Cackle . I saved two hens and a Cockerel to breed my own.My family and I were not happy with the chickens I butchered. I am sure this was 90% my fault ,as this was my first attempt at doing this. At the same time I bought 2 FCM cockerels and a couple...

I have a couple hatches under my belt now but by far newbie in my book. I have noticed one thing I have not seen any one discuss. And that is the EGG. It is not just a shell with a membrane ,yolk and the white. As it develops it transforms into a lifeline for the chick it has blood vessels...

I actually would like to ask two ? I have 6 hens and one Rooster, I bought them from feed store and the breed told to me was 1 Cm 3 rhode island 2 white leg horns and a sex link . The Rir turned out to be a very nice rose combed rooster,one Rir hen and a mix that lays green eggs she has a rose...

This is also on some of my hens. Fowl pox? They do not act sickly all are laying and eating

All this chicken talk has my mind working over time. Im sure there is some chicken science of what day of the year you should start chicks to get maximum eggs out of a chicken in its two or three years. What ever it is. I bet its slightly different in the south from the north. Im going to take...

Hello again This is my first year with chickens since I was a teen,back then I had to feed them but I really didn't learn much about taking care of them. My grandchildren and I are doing fine with our new chickens. I can't let my chickens run our 6 acre place unless I'm home because dogs and...

happy chickens Hello I have a flock of 7 chickens and they go to roost before dark, There coop is ten by sixteen and at least 9 feet high, its a converted horse stall. I have several 2x2 at about 6 foot 3 ( over my head) for them to roost on and ladder that goes up on the face of my nesting...

My grand children and I bought my first bunch of chickens about 6 months ago from our local feed store.When the man at the store asked us what we wanted the kids wanted all colors. I got 4 red chickens that the man said were RIR. We left with 9 chicks and two ducks :) Well one has white speckles...

I live in Florida and Ive never seen a large hawk this color before. It has a lot of white. It showed up about two weeks ago and is keeping a eye on my chickens :( Lots of other birds and squirrels around, but I haven't let my chickens out to spread all the horse poop since I started seeing him!

I have 24 RIR there about 5 1/2 weeks old. they are in a 6 foot by 10 foot coop now. about 2 weeks ago I changed my heat light from a bright lite that allowed them to eat and drink 24 hours a day for a red one. Well Being a worried Rooster I put a small gallon water and a tray feeder close...