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Hello, I have 8 hens and 2 roosters that are 15 weeks old. Is it to early to add them in with the rest of our flock? They are in a separate room in the coop with a screen door separating them and the runs are separated by a fence. A couple of the hens have already started laying. Thanks

Hello, I am incubating eggs for the 1st time. I put the eggs in on March 1 late evening. I am using a still air incubator with auto turner. If I read right I need to take the turner out 3 days before. So that would mean on the evening of the 18th?? After I take the eggs out do I still need...

Quote: The chicken coop is about 50 yards from the house and people don't usually come that far up in our yard, so I'm not worried about it getting stolen while on coyote watch. The lower 4 acres of our property is in some dense woods and downhill and not visible to the house. I do worry...

Quote: Thanks for the info!! I wasn't sure if the Pyrenees would protect chickens. I have seen them with sheep and goats. I might give that a try. Do you let yours run loose and are they hard to train?

Hello, yesterday 3 dogs came onto my property and killed 4 of my chickens. I wasn't home at the time and a nearby neighbor seen the dogs but didn't know they was attacking the chickens. Is there anything (dog, goat etc..) that can be put with the chickens to protect them. I do not have an...

Thanks, Now can any one tell me about selling eggs for hatching??

Hello, I have thought about trying to hatch some eggs. I have never tried this before so I would like to know the steps from collecting to putting them in the incubator. Also does anyone sell eggs on ebay? If so how do you package them for shipping. I have thought about doing this because we...

Hello everyone, I was wanting to know if anyone raises corn and grinds it for chicken feed? If so, what do you use to grind it and do you mix anything with it?

Hello, I have a 10 week old chick that was attacked by a chicken hawk this morning. It tore the back end of her up pretty bad. I can see that the top layer of skin is gone and it looks like I can see her vent tube pulsing? She is still alive, but I haven't seen her try to move. My husband...

Can anyone please help me??

Does any one have any idea what is wrong with my hen?? Help please!! Hello everyone, this is the first time I have every had / been around chickens, so please excuse me if I don't use the right terms. What I have is a 25 week old white cochins hen that is very dirty and wet looking around...

We have some hens that are 20 and 21 weeks old. We are starting to get a few eggs a day and I was wanting to know when do you start offering Oyster Shells? We offer them grit now and we are still feeding them a Grower/Finisher feed. I was told not to give a Layer feed untill they was all...

We are new to chickens this year and are starting to get our first eggs. My question is can you either mark or stamp the date on the egg? I would like to know some way to know which need to be used first. We have 28 hens so I will be getting a lot of eggs before long. Any suggestions would...

Hello, we are working on our coop and was needing information about the ramp. We are planing on using 2x8 with rails for traction. Do the rails need to be a certain distance apart or does it matter?

Hello, I am new to this forum. I went to feed my chicks tonight and noticed that one of my Ameraucanas was down in the corner of the box. We have not complete our coop so they are still in a very very large box in our basement. The all have been doing just great, eating and drinking a lot...