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Back in 2011 when we were new to chicken keeping I too was quite worried about the cold winter temps here in Massachusetts so I used a red heat lamp for that first winter. My husband has since convinced me that they do not need the extra heat so this past winter I didn't use the heat lamp...

Hi NewEgg, I'm from Massachusetts too. When my husband and I became first time chicken keepers and built our coop in July 2011 we used Glassboard on the floor. We were going to use lino but we thought that with all the pecking chickens do they would cause a lot of damage and we would have to...

You were very lucky that your girls had time to send out a distress call. This one just seemed to appear out of the blue. I have had one fly by before when the girls were in their run but it didn't do anything. (I don't let the chickens out when I know a hawk is around) I was quite surprised...

I came very close to losing one of my girls to a hawk this afternoon. My husband and I were sitting out on the patio earlier this afternoon, while letting our 8 nine month old girls free range, when all of the sudden a hawk came swooping down and grabbed my Cuckoo Marans, Dottie. Needless to...

Hi Rockinpants, Thanks for the welcome. I'm off to check on the flock. Have a great day!

Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome. Blueberrychickens, The anticipation of your eggs hatching must be so exciting,15 eggs, wow! I would like to try that some day, but were I live there is a limit on how many chickens one can have. I live about 20 miles northwest of Boston. I'm...

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. I know I am going to enjoy this forum.

Hi everyone! I'm Grace, a newbie to this flock. I started my flock this past July. I have 8 chickens; 2 Black Australorps, Joy & Hope; 2 Ameraucanas, Jewel & Hawkeye; 1 Cuckoo Maran, Dottie; 1 White Plymouth Rock, Pearl; 1 RIR, Red; 1 Golden Buff, Runway. My chickens are 29+ weeks old and...