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I have an 8 month old Silver Laced Wyandotte. She has been broody for 2 days now. I've removed her from her nest and blocked off entrance to her coop but wondered if it's too early to try and break her of her broodiness? Does her body need a certain amount of days to let her hormones takes it's...

Even though you can't tell by looking at them, my girls are too thin. I can feel their sharp breastbones when I pick them up. I had to take Delilah into my vet for possible worm issues and brought up that all 5 of my girls were very thin. My suspected worm issues did not turn out to be the...

Okay, tell me again adult chickens don't need heat lamps in their coops for warmth. (Not trying to supply light for winter laying) Our outside temps have been in the low 20s and even though their coop is insulated it still gets down to 27 or so in there. We can get temps below zero where we...

Our neighbors have a flock of around 24 chickens. They have one girl who has almost been pecked to death. My friend separated her and let her heal completely, no scabs or visible sores, but still needs a few tail feathers. She tried to put her back with the flock but they immediately went after...

I saw a chipmunk in the chicken yard the other day. He was flitting about grabbing a bite of grain and feed on the ground. The hens were busy elsewhere, but I saw the rooster look right at it and did nothing. I was under the impression chickens would go after small rodents in addition to bugs...

My chickens have quit using their inside feeder and water. They have a very large, secure yard they peck and scratch around in, but I think I made a mistake by throwing a couple of scoops of chicken scratch around the ground for them every day. Now it seems they won't eat anything other than...

Yesterday I found two very small light tan/pinkish eggs in the chicken yard. My girls are only 16 weeks old. I've got two Welsummers, two Rhode Island Reds and one Deleware. The shells are very fragile and both eggs were broken when I found them, probably because shell was so fragile it broke...

I've got a sick chicken, it's after hours and I don't think my girl will make it until Monday. Wondering if there is anything I can do until then. She is one of 5 hens and one Rooster. They are all 3 months old. The rest of the chickens are doing fine. I noticed her kind of standing off by...

Agh! We had a sudden heat spell. When I opened the main doors to the coop this afternoon I discovered a double black line of carpenter ants traveling back and forth along the door. When I stepped inside I saw they were all over the walls too. Heat brings them out. The chickens just stood there...

I've been reading some information that suggests you worm your chickens regularly. I was wondering if this is a good idea for prevention, or really necessary? How do you know if your chickens have worms and what kinds of environments would expose them to worms? Thanks for thoughts.

I have a question about supplemental grit for my peepers. I've got 5 hens and one rooster that are 9 weeks old. I picked up some special small grain chick grit from our farm store once we moved them to the outdoor coop where they have access to a nice sized yard. I've been placing a small dish...

My chicks are 9 weeks old. We've got 2 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Welsummers and 2 Delawares (1 hen, 1 rooster) Little Red is a Rhode Island red and our smallest. Her head feathers, particularly around her eyes seem really sparse and the skin looks kind of raw. It's seem more so than all the rest of...

Hello from the Pacific Northwest. My husband and I live on 10 acres of property outside Spokane WA. We (I) decided we'd like to get a few chickens for eggs. So far we've spent more money on what my husband calls Chicktopia than we'd ever recoup in the form of eggs fixing up their new home...