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Last fall, the girls suddenly became interested in scratching up parts of our lawn to the dirt. This was a new behavior and one my husband is not loving. How do I stop this habit? There are only 6 of them on about 1/4 acre so they aren't cramped. I didn't see any new bugs. If they won't stop...

We have a Buff Orp who has been escaping from our yard daily. We think she's squeezing through our neighbor's deck slats so clipping her wings won't help I don't think? We can't find a nest anywhere and she's not going to the same "spot" all the time. My neighbor has been very patient with...

I have one Buff Orp (about 1.5 yo) who is exhibiting slightly odd behavior. The girls have a coop but free range in our yard and she is bent on escaping, pacing the fence opposite our house and quietly clucking. She succeeded once but was easy to shoo back in the yard. When I picked her up...

We have a small backyard flock of 5 1+ year old hens (2 Orp, 2 BR, 1 RIR). We recently bought 3 EE chicks who are now about 9 weeks old and waaaay too big to still be living in the house. The weather is nice enough now in MA that they can live outside, but I'm having trouble integrating them...

Our White Leghorn was attacked by something yesterday and we found her under the deck, completely bald in the back except for a few long, dirty tail feathers. We washed her up and blew dry her feathers and separated her for the night. She seems to be okay, actually - eating, drinking, etc...

We just started getting eggs from our 22 week old hens but we are never home during the day to tell who is laying them. So far, have gotten smooth, beautiful brown eggs every day, but today we got an egg covered in dark brown speckles. WHO IS IT?? We have two barred rocks, two buff orpingtons...

We have recently switched over from Medicated crumbles to pellet poultry feed (and will switch to layer feed as they get older) but I'm not sure how much they should eat. We fill the container (a standard plastic "chick" feeder) in the morning and by mid-later afternoon it's mostly empty...

If I've read correctly, you should NOT give chicks/chickens: potatoes avocados kingworms w heads egg shells until they are laying chocolate (why would you??) flavored yogurt Am I missing anything else on this list?

Hi! My husband and I live in Massachusetts with our three sons and our labrador retriever. We are now also the proud parents of six 2-week old chicks - two barred rocks, two buff orpingtons, one RIR and one white leghorn! The boys are THRILLED to have them and have dove into helping raise...

We have six 2+ week old chicks living in a large dog crate/brooder in our house (2 buff orpington, 2 barred rock, 1 RIR, 1 leghorn). My husband came home from work to find the cage door open, our 90 pound lab IN the crate (we are still not clear how this happened!) and wet, dead-looking chicks...