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Hi, I have a hen who I found this evening out sitting outside in the freezing cold on her outside roost, rather than in the coop. I'm in Colorado and we are experiencing sub-zero temps. I picked her up to put her in the coop with the 4 other hens and she had a partial egg (soft shell) frozen...

We had 2 baby Robins fall out of their nest during a thunderstorm. One was dead and one was alive. I looked online and they said if it was a "nestling", which I guess means little/not able to fly. The site told me the best thing to do was to take a plastic container with holes drilled for...

posted this in another location too. Sorry but I am really wanting to know this and it doesn't really fit neatly in a subjuect. We have cedar mulch in our kids play area--Not in the coop or run. We are new chicken owners and I have read on the forum that cedar can be deadly to chickens. Ours...

Hi, We are new chicken owners and I am wondering about cedar mulch. It will not be in our coop or run, but it is in our kids play area in our yard. We live in the suburbs and have 5 chicks. I have been letting them out in the yard with me standing right there with them for a few minutes on...

My chicks are about 2 weeks old. I am new to this and I am wondering what types of treats I can give them. I have tried yogurt because it was recommended in the book I have but they would not touch it. I tried plain and strawberry. Are they still too young? I tried a little bit of oatmeal...

Hi, I have 4 chicks that we got from McMurray Hatcheries (through our local feed store). 2 Buff Orpingtons and 2 Araucanas. We brought them home on Sunday so have had them about 4 days now. Here in the Denver we had a hard time getting chicks. We searched for over a month and when they...