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Two questions come to mind One - Do I cull the 2 hens in question? two - Is it contagious?

Last year my 3 year old sex linked laid a LASH egg. It was my first experience with it and really never got a clear idea of what it meant. She never laid an egg again but no other issues. She is just my granny. This summer I have had someone - not her - lay 3 more lash eggs. I am getting eggs...

I live in Arkansas and need wind protection. My ladies free range but need a sunny place to hang out in the cold. My coop faces south so they get passive solar pick up in coop area. I put up clear shower curtains that are attached to the wire front of the coop. It allows sun in but blocks the...

Chicken math gets us every time. How did 5 become 22 over 5 years without a rooster??? I like 5 as a start but I free range so I expected predators. Only predator has been hawks and only lost 4 over 5 years.

Thank you so much. I can separate them by putting the nest boxes between the bars. Do you think that is a reasonable idea? I like your spacing. Seems logical. I was unsure about how high off the ground.

I have 8 mixed breed layers and will be adding 14 new ladies in a couple of weeks. They will be 12 weeks old. They are sharing the run and free ranging together now just not sleeping in coop together. They have their own very large grow out pen next door. I have enough space for all of them...

We have hawk issues where we live as well. I am so sorry. The hawks are the main reason we get new ladies every other year. We have not had any problems with integration of new ladies but we raise them from chicks. Sometimes it looks like we have 2 flocks but they all get along in the coop...

My ac guy also has chickens so this is what he told me. My hens are free range but they love the protection of where my unit is and would get behind, around etc it. The problem is the amount of dirt they kick up as they go about their day. He told me the dirt would greatly reduce the efficiency...

I am doubling the size of my free range flock. I need to redo the roosting poles and need some help. I currently have a ladder type set up but want to go to a 2 or 3 pole (2 X 4's) set up. For 20 hens how long do they need to be and how high off the ground? Currently they have 4 ladder rungs...

I gave the ladies purple cabbage this morning. I have blue poop this afternoon. Is it because of cabbage?

Thanks to everyone. I have been feeding last years ground venison with small amount of oatmeal as a protein boost when they started molting back in september. I did turn the warming light on for them last night. The 2 that are molting were under it this am but it looks like temps will be back to...

Thanks, I think I will for the next night and day. After the next few days the weather will moderate. Teens this time of year is just absurd. Dusting of snow as well.

I live where we are normally 20 - 30 degrees warmer this time of year. I have 2 hens that decided to wait to molt until now. Not a small molt but bare skin molt. With our temps going so low - Do I add heat at night for them in one area so they can get keep warm until feathers come in? I usually...

I am letting a sex link broody sit on fertilized eggs. She too would not break. We are in the middle of an extremely hot time. Two questions - as long as her comb is okay and I can tell she is eating etc is there anything else I should worry about? My ladies are free range and only confined for...

I tried to attach 2 pictures of the necropsy of a hen that was found dead in the coop this am. No previous injury, illness or symptoms noted. Lots of yellowish clear non foul smelling fluid in abdomen. I have not a clue about what we found. Note the fatty growths and the multiple yolks - ...

I have sex linked hens who are 2 and 3 years old. Free range in fenced back yard. They are only in coop to lay and sleep. Went out this am and had one dead chicken. The only clue was messy butt. I have one other hen with messy butt. No signs of illness or distress. Eating fine, they get yogurt...