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Betsy's the white leghorn, been laying since Christmas Eve. Sara is the RIR, laid her first egg (pictured with one of Betsy's from the same day, and a supermarket egg) on Jan 4th. They were both 21 weeks old on New Year's Day!

a cave might be a good idea... I put some hay in a couple of next boxes and they do not sleep in there, so maybe a larger "cave" area would entice them. The hen house itself it about 3 feet wide by 6 feet long, with the next boxes along the longer wall. There is a human-sized door on one end...

well I'm not in the north, but here in Flagstaff it's getting pretty cold!! I put my chicks out at 6 weeks, with a heat lamp (really just a 100-watt lightbulb in the reflector dish) in the hen-house, and they did fine. They were very happy actually! At night they get under the light, and during...

Hi Everyone, My cute little chickies are 3 months old this week and doing great. We put them out in the coop when they were 6 weeks old and they have been happy and growing well. Since it is now regularly getting down below freezing every night here in Flagstaff, I put a heat lamp (actually...

mine go nuts for cheese... just a hunk of plain old cheddar cheese. They also love grasshoppers and other creepy-crawlies.

yes, they are so cute, and growing fast! We were gone for four days and left them in the brooder box with an extra supply of food and water. I was worried about them while we were gone, but they were fine. I was shocked to see how much they had grown after only 4 days of not seeing them...

mine are 5 weeks old and just starting to be interested in treats. I've read here about all the different stuff chickens like. I'm sure eventually they'll like it all, but they started in phases so here is what I discovered: at 3 weeks I tried giving them yogurt. They weren't interested. at 4...

yes, they are our first chicks, so there won't be any older hens to beat up on them in the coop!

I've got two five-week old chicks who are getting a little big for their brooder. I'm wondering if they are ready to go into the coop. We live in Flagstaff, AZ, at ~7000 ft. The temperature right now has been ranging from mid-70's during the day down to mid-40's at night. We have a big coop...

Hi everyone, I'm new to chicken raising, and I just wanted to check if this water dispenser is safe for my chickens. We inherited an awesome chicken coop when we moved into our new house, so I decided to get some chicks. They're still in the brooder now, but I want the coop to be all ready for...

here's mine... I made it all out of scrap wood and chicken wire left over from the coop. At first I had them in a small plastic recycling bin, but it was a little cramped since my makeshift water-er takes up a lot of room. The floor is chicken wire, with a layer of newspaper and a layer of...