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Hi. Brought home my four Pekins this morning. They are great! They are a little over two mos old. They were pretty easy to herd into their new house tonight I just have a question about that. It's 4x6 and we put vent holes covered with hardware cloth all the way around it and I'm wondering...

Hello. I am new to ducks. Getting four Pekins this weekend about age 2 mos. :) Hubby and I built a duck house to lock them in at night that is 4x6 in size. They also have a 50x50 enclosed yard for daytime. My questions are many lol but to start, do you normally keep food and water IN the...

Hello. I'm so worried about of course my most favorite hen. She is young, maybe a year, has two chicks in with her that are both 3 mos old. She is a super active happy and healthy bird. Until yesterday morning she has been eating with a gusto and laying regularly. I have not had in the past...

Hi! I'm brand new to hatching my own chicks rather than using Mama bird ;) I set my eggs 21 days ago. On day 7 I Candled and discarded the non fertile eggs. Candled again on day 14 and my remaining 11 eggs all looked good. I did not candle on day 18 but went into lockdown and had my first...

Hi I have a hen that is broody and sitting on 4 eggs. I believe they should be due to hatch in a couple weeks but this puts it mid November ugh. I have only had a hen hatch eggs in spring/summer weather. How will this work out? Will she be able to keep them adequately warm?? She is in a...

Hi. Heres a little back story....my oldest and largest hen, Jane is a barred rock. She has always been the queen bee and pretty much in charge. In May I got two Frizzle Cochin banty roosters as babies. They are my only roosters and obviously much smaller than Jane and most of the other hens...

Hello. I am getting some new birds this evening and have a couple questions. I have a large coop/run set up. It is divided into two sections with an adjoining door that is currently closed. In one section I a mama hen and her two 3 week old chicks. In the other section I have an older hen...

Just saw these birds in an ad for a local chicken breeder I am visting today to get a couple chicks. They are fascinating lol Just curious if anyone here has them and what they can tell me about them? :) Thanks

Hi I was wondering if any of you have cats that also have free range chickens? I have a nice barn for my horses, gpats and sheep but keep finding dreaded mice poop! I would like to get a barn cat to live in thebarn and help with that issue but I am concerned for my chickens? Any thoughts?

HI. I have a hen laying on 7 eggs and it has gone past 21 days by about 3-4 days now and I see no activity at all. Half these eggs were hers and I dont have a rooster so I knew they wouldnt be fertile but when she went broody I grabbed afew frommy dads hens (he has a rooster) and added in...

Ok...Let me start by saying I am a first time chicken owner and also let me apologize for the length of this post lol I just wanted to give some background. I only have two hens currently, no rooster. However my neighbors raise and sell chickens (HUGE chicken operation going on over there!)...

If someone with experience could chime in I am a relatively new chicken owner and one of my three hens is ill :( I have noticed her seeming a tad lethargic last couple days. Although she did come out of coop and free range just a lot slower and sat around alot. She also seemed fluffed up and...

Last week I lost one of my hens. She was fine as usual that morning when I let all four hens out to range. Everyone went to coop that evening as is their habit and she was roosting on perch inside coop when I locked them up for the night. Next morning when I went to let them out she wasnt...

Well I have had my flocks for about 6 mos. I have a rooster and four hens. They all came together from a friend who needed to downsize. My rooster is HUGE. He has always been very aggressive with the girls and I often notice lost patches of hair where he is getting at them. However they all...

Hello. I just joined as I am obtaining a rooster and some chickens from a local rescue and am in the process of building a coop. I am new to chickens and have a question concerning the small door at ramp for the chickens to come into the coop.....is it best to have the nesting boxes on the...