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I bought these two little cuties while picking up my chicks and forgot to ask what type of ducks they are. They are with the chicks and act like little mothers to them. Making sure they are warm, counting heads, etc. Pretty cute. My kids are enjoying them as well. And how do the eggs taste? Not...

I lost a rooster and seven hens yesterday to a neighbor dog. I have one hen left that survived with not a scratch on her. What a horrible thing to come home from errands seeing my "babies" dead. I found five of the birds and have not found the other two yet. My question is with my one hen left...

I just looked over the chart on what to and not to feed the chickens. Great chart, by the way! We have a vegetable garden and I feed the hens whatever we don't eat. They weren't sure of lettuce or corn at first, now they love them. I do feed them grain that I buy from my local feed store (can't...

I need advice from all of you experts out there. My poor rooster (who is only a year old) has a major problem with one of his feet. It looks like his center claw is "frozen" or atrophied extended. He can barely walk on it now and sits most of the time. He eats fine and clucks when he wants. When...

Oh mighty chicken lovers! I would like to let my chickens out of their coop area, but am not sure if that is a good idea or not. I haven't ever let them out before, but thought that since it is a nice day and they can help with the grasshoppers, that they could do well stretching their legs. My...

Do you clean out nesting boxes periodically? My girls are not laying yet, but the do use the boxes for sleeping and pooping. I have sawdust and hay mixed together in the box and just noticed it is getting filled with lots of poop. No eggs yet, crossing my fingers. Should I clean it out and start...

Ok, maybe everyone is going to tell me to be patient, but I am not sure. My BH finally built the nesting boxes for the girls. I put into the boxes some hay and sawdust for comfort, even fake eggs for help. The girls have had the nesting boxes for about three weeks now and we have not seen...

So, went out last night to put the chicks to bed, or to close them into their home since the wind was blowing pretty hard. Teriyaki is the friendliest of the group and came right over to me while I was "chicken wrestling" (as my DH calls it) to get them inside. While trying to untie the tie on...

We have five girls and a boy, about 7 weeks old now, and I am worried about one of them. They just moved into their new home on Sunday and everything seems fine. One of them did not look so good last night. I have been reading about the molting and can see their feathers start to go out and come...

I picked up the chicks from our local feed store and the gal that sold them to me wasn't sure what breed they were. She said that the breeder just leaves a book and says they could be "one of these". So, to narrow it down, could you help me figure out what I might have...

We are starting to build our chicken coop and are having a problem with connecting the chicken wire. We have two rolls we are working from, and are going back and forth over the top of the coop and the sides, but are not sure what to do to connect the wire together to not have holes. We thought...

Got to start off with "My Poor Husband". Ok, I am done. He is building the coop for the girls and boy and he has some questions. Actually the way he said it is could I post his questions on that crazy chicken site (trust me, he loves the chickens. He is the one that named them Teriyaki...

We haven't built the coop yet, but have tons of ideas. The "kids" right now are in a 3 foot trough in our barn all happy and content. Here's the problem, it is windy at our house. And gets real windy in the winter time. My question is, how to my beloved "kids" handle wind? We have left over tin...

I just bought 6 chicks (5 girls and a boy) over the weekend for the very first time. I am such a novice about this, but thought it would be fun for my girls (age 15 years, 2 1/2, 1 1/2) to have something to raise and take care of. The 15 year old is a barrel racer and rides more than anything...