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One of our hens has recently taken up sleeping at nights in one of the nest boxes. We only have 2 hens, one sleeps on the roost but this hen has never been able to get up onto the roost so she sleeps on a lower roost. We had a few weeks of cold weather and that is when she started sleeping in...

This too is my first winter with 2 hens. They do not sit next to each other, the rhode island red sits on a higher roost and the Orph sits close by on a lower roost. Seems the Orph could never "fly" up to the roost. Anyway, I know they burn lots of fat to stay warm and I have noticed some weight...

We have 2 hens, both are still laying eggs. Both eggs are brown to dark brown. Today there was a cream color egg in the nest. Why did this happen?

In the wild bird section at the stores is an item that holds corn on the cob for the squirrels, cone shaped, metal, and you can hang this in the coop or the run. I use an "S" hook and hang it right on the wire. In the summer give them a cob every so often, in the winter thaw out a frozen cob...

I have a very small flock of 2 hens (2 very happy hens). Buying thousands of meal worms would be not a good move on my part. My husband tells me that buying meal worms from the pet store is not good because that is how chickens pickup parasites. Any thoughts on this?

WoodlandWoman; interesting post. I live in Washington State. We get freezing temps but our girls still get out to scratch around. For their greens I throw spinach into the run and of course when they can get out they graze on grass. I tried giving them some Alfalfa sprouts and some Alfalfa Hay...

I was starting to worry about my 3 girls being too cold in their coop. This morning there was ice in the water container in the coop. But after reading your posts I think the girls will be ok. I am concerned with the bedding. I use pine pellets and they seem to be breaking down as if they have...

Yep treats are what they live for. My Hens try to get in the slider door when the door is closed. Especially when they hear the cheese drawer open and close, they love Weight Watchers string cheese.

You don't look crazy to me! Awesome looking coop! How many chickens can live in that 5 star hen house?

As to my Hen's being confused about eating food pellets vs pine pellets, the pine pellets are so much bigger that they don't bother them. My Hen's don't really scratch and peck in their bedding, they do that in the run. I also have plants in my yard that are poisonious to chickens and they stay...

I am new to the back yard chicks but I have used pine pellets since day one. I really don't think it matters. I have asked the same questions to the people who work at the feed store. If you have a mobile coop using the shavings helps to make the coop lighter in weight when moving the coop. It...

Thanks for your answers. One of my sources at the local feed store told me today that you crack them open into a large ice tray and then move them into a seal-a-meal bag. You can store more than one in a bag. Then use them for baking. I had over heard doing this during a coop tour this summer...

Can chicken eggs be frozen? I over heard on a recent chicken coop tour that this lady would crack an egg into an ice tray and freeze them and then move them to a seal-a-meal bag for storage in the freezer. Anyone try this and how long do the eggs keep for?

Can eggs be frozen?