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Four of my 5 hens, a Wheaten Maran, an OE, and 2 EEs, have stopped laying with a molt and colder weather here in GA, but my Welsummer is still laying every other day. I read from the standard that the Welsummer hens lay @160 a year...so I guess that's right but I'm surprised that she is still...

For all you chicken lovers out there, your dream vacation is Kauai. We just arrived back from a week there. Just imagine a land where chickens run absolutely free, and no predators are there to stop them. We were told that the humane society received about 1500 chickens last year alone...

My 10 month old Wheaten Maran was acting strangely when we arrived home from vacation today. We had a house sitter who fed and watered them and tended to them daily. She is not a chicken owner. I noticed that our Maran was trying to lay all day. When I approached her in her box, she...

I fed my chickens some leftover sticky rice from the Thai restaurant this afternoon and got worried after the fact because it is so sticky. My children can actually mold things from it. I searched the forum for sticky rice but got nothing. I googled it and got many delicious looking recipes...

Let's just say that when I decided to buy chicks late last summer, my husband was less than thrilled. "They will stink", he said. "I will end up having to take care of them", he said. "I'm not helping you build anything", he said. "But the girls will love this", I retorted. My girls are 6...

My moms hens have been laying about a month now and the eggs are still so small! The hens are EEs but the eggs small, not like a quail egg, for certain, but much smaller than store bought. Do they get bigger?

Today was the big day! I've been hesitant to let my chickens roam in my backyard in the city out of concern for overhead predators. My eldest daughter, who is 8 years old, reminded me that I have prepared them again and again for chicken loss, so we went for it. My chickens are just over 2...

I've just moved my ten 6 week old chicks to the coop, and for the first time, and offering chick grit in a separate container. It only contains about 1/2 cup, but they eat it all within 2-3 days, and attack it when I replenish it as if it is a treat. In the brooder, I mixed the grit in with...

You guys may have noticed that I've been posting and replying a lot recently...I am trying to absorb as much knowledge that I can in the super short time the chicks are growing up. My first batch are 5+ weeks old, and I moved them to the coop 4 days ago. Thanks to all of you who have helped me...

Ok, I got a bug in my bonnet today, after watching my five year old daughter chase a 5 week old chicken all over the back porch, christening all things in its poopy path. She had opened the brooder to hand feed the girls, and Dr. Henny Henny flew out. As a matter of fact, all of them are...

I have been feeding my girls (and maybe one guy) freeze dried mealworms in the last week. They are all just over 4 weeks old. One of my Marans cannot peck the worms out of my hand. She tries and tries, but cannot either peck the ends of the worms from my fingers or the worms lying flat in my...

I live in a town where I doubt anyone has ever heard of Organic ACV. Can you use the regular store bought kind?

I have 4 week old Welsummers, and boy do they feather out fast. They are supposed to be sexed as day old chicks by their markings. I bought 2 from a local breeder. Females are supposed to have dark eyeliner and a distinct brown "V" on their heads. Both of mine had those marking except one...

One of my friends in Florida just ordered 29 chicks from MPC a few weeks ago and received 62 (!!!!) chicks today. She had checked the little box on the order that says it's ok to ship any extras. She received 33 extras today. Here they are: She called to ask what had happened, and was...

My habit with my chicks is to pour out the last of the crumbles in the feeder and refill it after cleaning with new feed. The 3 week old chicks love to scratch the poured feed in the brooder and devour it (or maybe it's just scattered!). In the last 2 days, 2 chicks have been trying to take...

My ten chicks are almost 3 weeks old and really thriving in their brooder on my back porch with a heat lamp. They have grown exponentially, and are fed medicated feed by Purina. I clean the brooder about 3 times a week, completely removing all the shavings & line with new newspaper. They are...

I have 10 backyard chicks 2 weeks old still in the brooder, here in Georgia. Half were vaccinated for Marek's at the hatchery, and 5 are from a farm nearby who does not vaccinate. A friend of mine who is a more experienced chicken owner asked me if I was going to vaccinate for fowl pox. I had...

Ok, as a newbie, I've been able to get almost any question answered but this, in what order do chicks feather out? I've noted that the pin feathers come out in the wings first, and then seem to come out at the tail, then the area above where the wing meets the body. What should I expect next?

For my 10 chicks, I introduced 2 chicken nipple on bottles in the first week and was elated that all of them used it, but kept a standard chick waterer in the brooder (the small red plastic bottom with the 1 liter plastic reservoir). After about 2 weeks, most of them still seem to prefer the...

Ok, so I'm completely new to chicken keeping. Our city (small one at that) just approved an ordinance to allow 6 hens in the back yard. So, thinking I would lose some, I bought 5 chicks from a local breeder, straight run, 2 Welsummers with female markings, 2 Wheaten Marans (who knows if those...