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So a while back I had a weasel get into the coop and kill the chickens, this was while we were in the process of moving them to a new spot (which really sucks, if we would have just been a bit faster they would've been fine). Now we still plan on having chickens but we need to work on where to...

Is there anyone who puts sand in the coop? I've been looking at doing this for my coop because it sounds soo much easier than wood shavings!! My only problem is that I would have to take out all the sand for the winter because it gets so cold here! (I would put wood shavings in) I guess I could...

Hello! So I had chickens, until last Monday when a Weasel got into the coop, it was quite tragic to going from having chickens for a very long time to having none at all, I don't quite know what to do with out them!... I never did keep these chickens at my house (which is in the city) I kept...

I know there are quite a few of you guys who read them because I made a thread almost a year ago and got many responses :) So who saw the movie? And what did you think about it? Also do you have a favorite book out of all 18? :)

I guess I could go on backyardherds to but I thought I would ask on here first :) Okay so I have a horse, she is an x-racehorse and I am having problems with her taking the left lead, what I normally do is turn her head a bit to the outside and boot her with my left foot, this is what my...

I have a chicken that seems to have recently gotten bumble foot :( Is there anyway to get around a surgery? I have never had this happen and I really don't want to do a surgery.. but will if I have to, I know it can be a very bad thing in chickens but if it's like a splinter then why can't I...

My chickens foot (Red is her name) is puffed up I don't know what to do I have heard bad stories about these things but have never had it happen to me before so I really have no idea what it is, she does have a little black thing on the bottom and I guess that's were something poked her? Also it...

I was thinking about getting this coop and was wondering how it's worked for anyone who's had it. Is it easy to clean, does it stay warm enough in the winter? If there is anything at all you can tell me about it that would be awesome!!!!

Today I discovered Pinterest, this site is great! Still working on getting used to it, how it works etc. But this place is great I found some over the top chicken coop, wonderful recipes and other great things! Is there anyone else on here that uses it?

I was pulling some virginia creeper and of course had no idea what I was pulling till i got a rash this morning and have been looking it up, i have googled how to get rid of the rash but can't find anything! Does anyone know what can help get rid of this!? It might have had a bit of poison ivy...

I have a rooster that went aggressive on me and I need to get rid of him someone is going to take him this Saturday but my dog crate is being used (by a broody) and we are meeting halfway for both of us, he will be traveling about an hour. What can I put him in? Would a big cardboard box work if...

I am going to have some chicks hatching in a week or so (my first ones!). And I was just wondering about feed.... so what I have read so far is that you feed chick starter up to 6 weeks, they are gonna be with their mum as she is hatching them so my question here is, is it okay for her to be...

I have a marans mix rooster for free. He is a great rooster!-- but he has gotten aggressive and well I could never work up the courage to kill and eat him so I need to get rid of him. He is very good with the girls and he is Super healthy, taking him and either keeping him or eating him would be...

I don't know what to do now i am about to give up I have been trying to get her moved but she isn't havin' it, even before i moved her it didn't seem like she was on the eggs as often as she should be. She has been broody for eh maybe about a week now should I just try and break or now or is...

I have two broody hens both of them went broody the same day (one had been acting broody for a while and then completely went on last Friday) anyway yesterday I had been "trying" to move them since my nesting boxes are to high off the ground for the chicks. One of them went better than the other...

She had been acting broody like, for about a week now and well today she finnaly went broody, this is my first time so all in all i'm pretty happy about it! :) I put four eggs under her today and she took 'em. Anyone else?

I have a Marans mix rooster (I don't know what he is mixed with), but he is great with the girls, VERY healthy (had a bit of frostbite over winter but that is healing up great) and I enjoy having him around VERY much but he has gotten to be to much for me. You can eat him or keep him with the...

my rooster can get aggresive and well today he tried to spur me thank god his spurs are not grown in fully.... I went out to the chickens today wearing shorts and some rubber boots and right when I walked in the roo ran up to me and totally tried to spur me like I said thank god they are not...

I am looking at getting a few more girls but I have never had to introduce anybody new, I want to get maybe two or three more so not many right now I have 7 they are all oh I would say around 11 months (3 girls and 1 roo). Basically all I need to know is how old should they be, how exactly I...

Also if your building one show your progress on it I wanna see! Here's mine; note, there is not normally a towel taped up there I need to work on the door. Any way here it is.