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I have a hen who ( I think) is blind. She rarely ever leaves the coop and when I place her out in the run, she walks around the fence edge until she finds the door. I wasn't sure why her eye site was bad I didn"t notice any damage anywhere-- She was about 2.5 yrs old when I realized she was...

We are clearing the spot for my new coop (FINALLY)... I would like to have a coop divided into sections. I need/want a laying flock, some Bantam Cochins, someSilver Penciled Rocks, an area for feed and an area for several small cages for sick/hurt/broodies.. I need some ideas on how to arrange...

Because of a move and no coop on the farm--I had to leave my chickens for a caregiver to take care of them. I go once/twice a week--to take treats, food, give fresh water but the day to day care is being done by someone else.. Whe I went by Wed. I found one of my hens looking very thin and not...

The temps have been high 90*-106*. Little rain. I have been letting someone else take care of my girls on a reg. basis and I have been cking on them once in a while...because we moved and haven't gotten the new coop done... They have mites, they might have worms, they look terrible, they haven't...

I had read on several sites, that if you had a snake problem, place bird netting loosely around the outside of you coop/run and it would 'catch the snakes. WELL, it works! A few weeks I pulled out the bird netting I use on my blueberries and left it on the back of our big old truck... Got...

I am on the waiting list for Silver Penciled Rocks hatching eggs.. I searched the forum and there isn't much on here.. If you have them, want them, need them, had them or just love them... Please share your information and pictures w/ us... I am really excited --I have loved them forever and was...

Just ordered 1doz. Black Copper Marans eggs and 1 doz. Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock eggs... and I am thrilled.. For 2 yrs., I have drooled over these birds and NEVER dreamed I would ever have the such great birds. A friend will be hatching them for me. She has nice very large incubators and...

I have loved chickens for most of my life... I only knew one person in my area/social group/ family that kept chickens-- a distance neighbor has big black ckns--I don't know these people but loved going by their place and see the ckns in the run/area. I started to keep chickens 2 yrs ago...

My neice has wanted chickens since I started keeping them 2yrs. Her husband is not handy so she chose to purchase a coop at the local feed store.. It cost her 800$ --It's cute, it's 2x4 w/ an attached run that is 4x4 and the 2x4 foot area under the coop.. It has a 2 foot roost, two nest boxes...

Tell about the behavior of your SLW, please. SLW have been on my wish list from the beginning.. BUT then I start reading about them being bossy and mean.. And I really don't need any coop drama.. My BOs do enough bossin' and fussin"--- Also are they SQ, BQ or hatchery quality and what color egg...

I have been waiting on my four true Ameraucanas to start laying they are 37weeks old.. Tues. I got my first egg from them... a small perfectly formed egg, that was the palest blue--almost white--but just a hint of blue...Well, Wed. and today I went to gather eggs and found a beautiful blue...

I have 11 hens total..Four are True Ameraucanas-2 Blue and 2 Black.. I got them when they were 4weeks old and spent a lot of time holding, petting and talking to them.. They are the greatest girls--even if they are 33 weeks old and I still don't have a blue egg! I wear a large heavy blue coat...

I would like to know what color your coop(s) are! Give us details.. Don't just say blue and white...Tell us blue # so and so OR blue the color of the sky on a summer day , trimmed w/ bright high gloss white.... grass green w/ butter yellow trim... OR a muddy brown --think-- 10 colors mixed...

We have been looking for a place on our new farm to put my chicken coop.. We keep going back and forth about where to put it, if we should build a coop or buy a building and just doing a really good run around it.. Well, We have a "building" (I use that loosely) that is a metal roof (great...

Today is my birthday and my girls must have known it.. Tonight in the nest box was a tiny DARK brown egg (a little larger than a grape tomato) along w/ the other eggs.. My second FBCM gave me her first egg on my Birthday!! How's that for a present? Since she is 40weeks old...It's freezing and...

Today was a great day!! The girls have been on strike (molt, weather, time of yr...etc) since Nov.. I was lucky to get 2 eggs a day.. Well today-- I got 4 eggs.. COUNT them...4 eggs. The two BO , the Barred Rock and one of the RIRs... I was so excited.. I had to share..

We will be moving the girls to our farm soon! They range in age from 8 months to almost 2yr old....What are a few things I need to do before and after the move to ensure that they stay happy and healthy? They will have a secure coop and run to go to but the new coop is not going to be built as...

Today, even though it was only 37*, I donned my heaviest coat, gloves, extra socks, and sat outside--for 3hrs, so my sweet girls could free range.. It's been a long while since they got to be out for more than 1hr at a time. They all seemed so happy.. They didn't even seem to noticed the...

This past week, I have noticed we are having longer days. It was still light enough to close the girls up at 5:45 w/ out a light.. Yes, we have had two really big snow storms w/ ice and our temps have been way below normal--we have 5" of snow and a 1/4" of ice on top of it..started Yesterday...

I must be one because I hate all the guns and fireworks going off.. I live in the country but I think every person w/ a tem mile radius is doing:hide fireworks and blowing a fortune on shells... My dogs are going crazy, my chickens problalby won"t lay for a month and my dh needs to sleep.. I...