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Second chick hatched overnight. Completely different from the first! I have many different breeds of hens and two completely different roosters. Thanks for the info!!

I have a broody hen that I have allowed to sit on 4 eggs. I just found out that one of them is about to hatch. I can hear scratching/peeping in the shell. I am wondering if I need to do anything special or if mom will make sure it gets feed. I really didn't expect this to happen because the...

Louie has 7 girls. I had thought that Amelio was just an aggressive hen and separated him for re-set the pecking order. I'm just undecided on what to do. I'm leaning toward making another small coop/run inside the bigger one just for him. I'm worried that he's so aggressive in his mating...

My hens are getting ready to start laying eggs and I want to know how I should label the cartons. My chickens are cage free and fed organic food/scratch and some table scraps. I don't want to wash the eggs so they'll last longer without refrigeration. Do the eggs NEED to be washed before use...

Louie is about 5 or 6. The new rooster (Amelio) is just about 4 mo. old. I have 7 hens the same age as Amelio.

I bought a few easteregger chicks that were supposed to be pullets, HOWEVER, one of them just started crowing. I already have an older rooster (Louie) so I am worried that the young rooster will be the death of Louie. I see that easteregger chickens are pretty docile and am wondering if it...

I bought 8 chicks this spring from a farm supply store. They were supposed to be Rhode Island Red, Buff Orphington, Silver Lace Wynndot, and Auracauna. They were all labeled as pullets. One "hen" got bigger than the others and began bullying the rest of the flock, one to the point where she...

Louie is going on 6. The main coop is 8' L x 4' W x 4'H. The smaller coop is only temporary and is about 5' L x 3' 6" L and 3' 6" H. It was what I could salvage from one of the coop/runs you can get at farm supply stores. The coops are located in a 20' L x 10' W x 6' H chain link fence. They...

Yes, I don't have any mature hens. My last hen died suddenly last month. He hasn't made any advances to the young hens so far.

Right now I have 2 coops, one with my young hens and one for my rooster. Last night, one of the hens darted into the roosters coop and jumped up on the roost with him while the rest of the flock ran to their smaller coop. After closing up the coop with the hens, I heard a commotion from the...

I have 10 young chickens that I need to move from a small coop to a larger one. How do I get them to start using the new one instead of the old one? I can't remember what I've done in the past to make the transition. Thanks!

Thank you all for your answers. I'll have to use wood instead. I do have plenty of trees that I can trim to use for roosts.

I'm trying to save some $$ on a roost for my chickens and by using what I have and am trying 1 1/4 schedule 40 PVC to see if my chicks will use it. It's pretty sturdy and I wonder if I need to sand the surface to make it less slick. From what I understand about chicken anatomy, their feet are...

I just bought 6 beautiful Araucana chicks. I have 3 different colors and wonder what they are going to look like when they grow up. The last "EE" I had were white and laid green eggs. I avoided the regular yellow chicks thinking they would be plain white as adults. Thanks for any help!!

WHY is there a minimum of six chicks when buying peeps from farm stores? Six is a lot of chickens for someone who wants to try raising a few chickens before buying a whole flock. I only wanted to buy three Easter Egger cheeps to add to my small flock but can't because of the "law". Are there...

I let my flock decide if they wanted out or not. They chose not to go out. I eventually scattered a bale of straw over the snow and they gladly went out but stayed on the straw. Louie (my roo) stepped out into it and came right back in. I don't blame them. I wouldn't want to be running...

I started keeping chickens when the neighbors chickens wandered into my yard and decided to stay. As they disappeared, I bought a coop and run to keep the remaining hens protected. After they escaped and eventually the rest disappeared I got my own chicks. I've learned a lot the hard way, but...

A 'possum got into my chicken coop and scared the feathers off my hens. Since then they have not laid any eggs. How long will it take them to recover?

I found out what was terrorizing my chickens.....a 'possum. I found out by accident when I lifted one of the nesting boxes out to replace the material and it was hiding UNDER it!! No wonder my chickens didn't want to go back into the coop. Needless to say it won't be bothering anything any more.