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I'm sorry if it's here and I missed it...I've looked and looked! We're going to be raising some CX meaties and I'd like to make my own starter feed. Our laying hens are already on a grain mix so rather than buy commercial stuff for the chicks, I'd like to make it myself. Does anyone have a...

Went just now to give the girls a treat and realized one was in the coop...not usual at this time of day. She was huddled at one end and when I offered the treat, she limped heavily...hardly putting any weight on her right foot and even extending her right wing to use as a sort of crutch. DH...

Just wondering if anyone knows of a swap group in northern CO. I'm thinking it'd be great to be able to trade others for stuff we have and they don't. IE, I'd love to trade some eggs and/or canned goods for some raw milk or sewing service or straw...stuff like that.

I've traveled a lot in the west and central part of our country, but I've never been very far east and never to the southeast. I'd love to hear about it. DH and I are considering moving after we retire. We'd love to get a little acreage (2 to 5) where we could have more chickens and a few...

Oh, how I wish we could afford even a couple acres! But it's not in our foreseeable future. We have about .25 acre, about half of which is house. We took out the grass on our front yard a couple years ago (broke my dang hip unloading the machine, but that's another story, LOL) We mulched it...

I've no idea if this is so, but wondered if others have seen it. We have 6 red sexlnks...two are quite light colored, a couple are fairly dark and the other two are somewhere in the middle. I've been sort of keeping track of who lays what and I swear the lighter colored hens lay lighter...

We had some awesome "chicken TV" going on here this morning. Our girls are in a portable coop/run which we move around our yard, so they're on fresh grass all the time. This morning, we put in a box with some dirt and peat in it and oh my...it was hilarious watching them! They were flinging...

Hi All When we got our 6 member flock (all RSL hens, 8 months) I noticed that one had some bare, not-quite-bloody patches on each shoulder. I assumed she was low man on the pecking pole. After a few days they looked like they were getting better...just pink but no new feather growth. Day...

This was the closest topic I could see, hope it's okay. I was just wondering what y'all do with your eggs after you gather them. I have some friends who used to have lots and lots of chickens and they'd gather eggs in a pail then bring them in and scrub 'em all with soap and warm water. Is...

We have 3 dogs and brought home our 6 hens last week. Chickies are in a portable run which we move every few days. The little dogs are fine, but the big guy can't wait to get at the poo after we've moved the pen. We run the mower over the area right after we move it so it sucks up all the...

Please forgive such a newbie question, but I really AM a newbie! When I was sitting in the pen yesterday, I noticed a couple of small (pepper granule sized) black bugs crawling on my arms and also a couple on the girls. Are these mites? And if so, do they affect other critters (me...the...

Dave and I are just getting started with our backyard flock, so would love to communicate with any others either online or face to face. Hope to chat soon! Mickey

Hi Folks I'm really glad to have found y'all :) Hubby and I have been talking chickens for a while and I found out that with the zoning here, we can have 6 hens (no roos ;) After doing research on the site, I've tentatively decided that we'd like to go for Gold Sex Links. We've researched...