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Because of a critical family illness, I will need to be spending extended periods of time in Phoenix for the next year or more. I have six laying hens that are healthy and I need someone who can take all of them together. I don't have time to find six different homes. There are two leghorns...

I would like to meet some 'chicken' people in NE Tucson. I have six hens that are also my pets. Anyone here that would like to talk chicken? Terri

I have a 4 y/o Barred Rock hen that has always layed very large, beautiful, very thin shelled and sometimes deformed eggs. She has layed "no shell" eggs twice, and also layed a couple of "membrane only" eggs in the past. The other hens lay very thick shelled, normal appearing eggs. All the hens...

I have a Barred Rock (1 y/o) pecking the snot out of the other hens. My Leghorn alpha died and this BR is a witch. The only hen she leaves alone is the Dominique she hatched with. One of my EE's is featherless on her back and the BR pecked her bloody by the time I could separate the victim. I...

My leghorn hen (Daisy) died sometime early this morning (after laying her egg). It was cold last night for Tucson, and was raining this AM. She was eating and acting normal yesterday. She has always been the smallest hen (out of a Barred Rock, Dominique, 2 EE's, and a Buff Orphington) but has...

Hi all, I have a bunch of old railroad ties laying around. I was wondering if anyone knows if using railroad ties that were soaked in creosote would be a bad thing to use as walls for a chicken coop? Most animals avoid creosote soaked wood (it's not incredibly palatable) but I can't find any...

My buff orphington swallowed a 20 inch piece of 1/4" cotton rope earlier this afternoon. I just walked out there and was able to pull about 8 inches out of her craw but the rest is already in further. What should I do? I was thinking cutting it off and hoping it passes would be the best thing...

Okay, chickens can eat pumpkin guts, how about watermelon/cantaloupe/honeydew etc. seeds and rinds? Thanks! Terri

I am relatively new to chickens here in Tucson and as you know, we're having a very Looooong, dry hot spell right now. I have been fretting (worse than the chickens probably) about the heat. They pant constantly and tend to spend their time in the shade scratching up damp sand to sit around in...

Anyone know what commercial egg producers use to wash their eggs with? I have been using soap and water and rinsing to remove debris or invisible contaminants just before I use the eggs. I heard that rinsing them in grapeseed extract helps remove additional debris and bacteria but haven't done...

"I went out to check the chickens and one of my 3 mo old EE's is walking around 'bunched up' like when they're cold, and when I checked her, her crop is small but mushy feeling. Can't feel the crop on the other chickens at all. They are no longer on medicated food, and get dark greens, tomatos...

I fell in love with chickens in the last year after meeting and watching my daughter-in-laws two Serama hens and one Rooster grow up. Lisa's Serama Roo-nicknamed "Booger"-12 to14 weeks old the Roo and his two girls. You have to look closely to see both pullets (One is under the other!). The...

Both of these pictures are of the same chicken. This one and it's sister were hatched on 4-7-2012 and were sold as Barred Rocks. Both of the chickens look pretty much the same except for the comb on this chicken. It's flat and wider on this one and has little "ridges" along its sides. The comb...

Above->Orphington? Below->Don't know what this one is...supposed to be Americauna, but is it an EE? There were about 30 of the "Americauna" chicks that looked almost identical to this one. all of the chicks in this group had VERY puffy yellow 'cheeks'. The other half of the "Americaunas" looked...

These two were sold to me as barred rocks. I have no clue. They were also supposed to be sexed as pullets too, but again, I guess I'll find out eventually. They are about 3-4 weeks old. Above front is the more strikingly marked, smaller chick. Both have the darkish legs and black on beak...

The only chicken club here I've been able to find is a 60 mile round trip from me. I'm 20 miles from I-10 any direction on far NE side of town. Mt. Lemmon Hwy/Houghton/Snyder area. Anyone from that side of town? Any clubs near or sorta near there? Thanks, Terri

My chicks are 6 1/2 weeks old and are the color of my yellow (white) lab...kind of a nice off-white-in a very light beige/yellow kind of way. They were yellow (a few scattered black spots here an there) and are leghorn mutts. Is their color going to continue to evolve to pure white or are...

My granddaughter named them (From top left ->right) Rose, Pansy, Daisy and Iris. Hope they're all Girls!!!! What do you guys do if you end up with Roosters???

Just wondering. He's a 'stray' and he has a new home as soon as I take him there. Looks like a 'sorta' Leghorn.

Hi all, I'm new to "chickendom" and have owned a rooster for 5 days now. He showed up on my daughters front porch a week ago and despite the fact that she has horses,dogs, cats and an Amazon Parrot, she has no desire to keep a chicken. I live in Southern Arizona (Sonoran Desert), have two...