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I live in MN it gets cold here, Mine did fine last year I have a coop and I stack straw bales around it. I also put one row of bales around the incloser to block the wind. They can go out thier hatch any time so I make a straw bale tunnel. Make sure they have heated water and some ventulation...

My cat is afraid of the chickens:)

I think mine is a 6x8 I have 16 chickens. (the coop was built with the thought I would only have 6 ) I have 5 nesting boxes along a one wall. ( they use the same one anyways) I have a glass door and two big windows on each end. There is a rosting bar along the nesting boxes and one by each...

I sell my eggs at work I can not belive some of the questions. I am thinking about given out a hand out with the eggs explianing it all. I had one women tell me she loves fresh food but, did not want my eggs because she was afraid she will crack on open and a chick will come out. I tried hard...

In the winter I put a light on for extra light( the days are short) I have a timer that shuts it off about 9.

My 4 Barrel Rocks are starting to lay, Have been for a few weeks. Their eggs are small, One day I had one huge egg but that was it just small eggs now. My other chickens always laid nice big eggs after the first few.

I had a 6 week old meaty with a broke leg. I bucther it.My feather man worked great. two more weeks and I am ready for the rest

MY Banty roo attacts me all the time as well. I keep telling him he is going to be stew. He goes after the dog she grabs him and pins him down. It does not even affect him he just walks away like nothing happend.

With digging pest I have my fence sunk down a foot, Plus I go to the farm field and pick big rocks and place then around the fences just in case. So far so go good and I live way out in the country.

Ya I know I need to pick him up, He is fast. Tonight the hens were walking behind me I had my stick I said look at me feisty I am the hen whisper. Then I dragged my foot over the grit pile like a chicken( I was in a weird mood) He was on me so fast I was shocked. I was screaming and laughing at...

That is nice, My dog lets me know somthing is out there Then when I go look the dog is no where to be found. She is up at the house letting Mom take on the danger.

I live in Isanti County in MN. I have seen bear tracks but no bear.

I have this little bantam(I think) rooster "Feisty" He is name that because he was not much bigger than an egg and he would start crap with the big rooster through the fence. Has he grew up I could not have 2 roo's so I kept Feisty because 1 he was pretty not scary and 2 I did not think he would...

We have coyote's all over I hear them at night. I have never seen one I have never noitce any thing trying to get in the coop. The chicks free range during they day. I do not know what I would do if they started to come in between the chickens, dogs, and cats I could loose a lot.

my chickens lay nice smooth eggs then they get rough for a while, the techture changes all the time

I find no matter how many boxes you have they all want the same one. Sometimes they will move then all of them move. I have intrudes new rocks into my flock I worry about them they get picked on a little no blood yet. They have not started laying yet so I will see.

I just order a feather man pro. A lot of $ This is the first year with meat chickens they will be 8 weeks the week of the sept 13. I think I have everything I need but, the guts I need to be able to do this. Once I do a few I am sure I will be fine. So far so good 75 chickens and I only loss 3...

I got 4 BR and one RIR this spring They are a lot calmer then the red. They should start laying soon. I noticed my roo on one of them today.

They are over two weeks now. I see your point:). I still have only loss 3.

I will be doing it for the 1st time in Sept. I have my douts, I keep telling myself thier life was better then the chicken in the store. One chick has a bad leg. She wants to live I can not even cull her. If is does'nt work I have a nice new big coop for more layers.