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One of our Barnavelder hens has gone broody. Tried removing her from next, placing her in run with the other hens, removing eggs......she's still broody. Have read where one should remove hen and place in small confined area, like large dog kennel, with no bedding to nest in. Also heard about...

Our year old Easter Egger hen died suddenly today. Noticed she was a tad listless yesterday, and this morning worse. She wouldn't leave the coop when we let them out this morning. Instead, she stayed inside coop and sat on floor, motionless and listless. We were gone for several hours and...

We are building a new coop, thinking about installing automatic coop door opener. Any recommendations which work best? Pros/Cons in installing one? We don't mind letting the girls in/out the coop, but since building new coop, thought about this option. thanks!

Our girls are 13 weeks old. Haven't installed nest boxes yet as we want to avoid them roosting in them ...when should we install them?

Advice please - 16 chicks arrived April 18, all healthy, alert. They've been eating, pooping, drinking, sleeping fine. We've had cool days and nights, then temps warm back up. Have heat lamp at one end of brooder, food/water at other end and midway. Found one unresponsive this morning, later...

Our standard chicks (14) are due to arrive mid-April from Meyer Hatchery. I am itching to add 4-5 bantams to the order, but they don't have the ones I'd particularly enjoy having. Ideal does. Would it be a bad idea to order from two different hatcheries? Ideal could ship bantams now. OR...

Here are some pictures of our new coop and run. My husband insulated the coop and installed windows and vents for ventilation. The coop is raised off the ground to allow hens shade and dust bath. He covered the windows with hardware cloth. The run will be covered with aviary netting. There...

Our chicks are due to arrive April 17-19. We'll keep them in the coop/brooder for a 8-9 weeks, then introduce them to the covered run. We'll let them run in the covered run and coop during day, andl be kept in the coop at night. We may be taking a vacation (8 days)in late July, early August...

Our coop is almost complete. We built the roost with a poop board below which we plan to fill w/sand so we can scoop poop out daily. If we use sand in coop, won't need poop board. Noticed some use sand in coop and others DLM w/pine shavings. Does anyone have pros/cons to share on which method...

We will be getting our chicks in February. Plan to get 10-12 poulets (standard) and 5 bantams). Also want 3 guineas. Will the guineas beat up the other poultry?? Initially, all will be kept in large, enclosed run, then allowed to free range when we are home. We have numerous preditors, so...

Will be ordering our chicks in February. Thinking of getting 10-12 Standard poulets (Ameraucana, Australorp, Turken, Specked Sussex, Welsummer, Banevelder, Barred Rock, RIR) and 'maybe' 5 Bantams (d Uccles, Dutch, Ameraucana, RIR, Wynandotte). Would like to hear from those who've raised...

Howdy from Texas! We recently moved from the Texas Gulf Coast to Magnolia, a small town in SE Texas. We have 4 acres with a large pond in our front yard, surrounded by forests. Once our coop/runs/fence are built, we plan to get about 6-8 hens and 'maybe' 4 bantam hens. I raised chickens...