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We had a similar situation with our 2 yr red hen...Her whole abdomen was hot, firm, almost bluish. And she got totally listless and acted chilled as well (it was winter in Wisconsin), so we brought her into the house and roosted her in the kitchen for days. Area vet treated her for...

Quote: We have an EcoHeat panel for our coop, as we live in Wisconsin and winter is very cold. Last winter, we made the mistake of putting it in a small area, and I think it was too hot, as the chickens sat outside all winter! After a few weeks of that, we moved the panel to the outside part...

To clarify: We're traveling with 2 chickens, very friendly and trusting of us (ie, calm and easy to handle). The trip is ~ 7 hours in the car. When we get there, we have a fenced back yard for them to range, and we can roost them at night in the garage. We have a portable roost to bring, and...

We are heading out for Thanksgiving to mother in law's house, about a 7 hour drive, and wish to take our chickens with us, as our normal chicken-sitter is out of town as well. Any advice for the road trip?

thanks for the thought...I did do a search for training parrots, parakeets, love birds and the like, and got some reasonable approaches I've been around parakeets, and these chicks are much more interactive and smarter than any parakeet I've known, so I'm thinking it may be possible. The...

We got our chicks from Abendroth's hatchery in Wisconsin. They have ducks, too. High quality fowl, to be sure, and they will ship. You can find them if you Google search.

We have two 13 day old chicks that are still indoors, and will be for another 2-3 weeks. After that, they will have a back yard coop and free range in a fenced back yard in mostly urban Madison, WI. They love running around the house, seek us out, roost on our shoulders. They will settle into...