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Hello, I am NOT an expert but I recently introduced a couple of 5 week old pullets with my 7 month old hen after she was left alone and lonely. (Most of my flock had to be given away and of the last remaining chickens, one turned out to be a rooster!) Anyway, I put the young chickens in a...

Augustmom, Good luck with keeping your roo. In my first foray into chicken keeping, I hatched 15 (out of 20) eggs, and only 3 ended up being hens! I gave away most of my rooster flock to a friend with a nearby farm as I too live in an urban neighborhood. One remaining rooster we tried to...

Godiva, Thanks for the feedback. Do you think the dynamics would be better if I introduced 2 younger hens to my 6 month old single remaining hen. Or should I find one other adult hen to introduce for company? That darned rooster crowed all day today and simply has to go tomorrow. My girl...

Hi Kikinono, For my homemade bator, I used one of those thick styrofoam coolers with a tight fitting lid. I think it had been used to ship Omaha steaks or something. I tried different lights, night light, regular bulb, etc. I watched the thermometer & hygrometer (got both of those at the pet...

Hello, I have a similar question. I am a complete novice at raising chickens. I hatched 15 chickens and live in an urban neighborhood. After giving away most of my flock, I have one hen and one rooster. The rooster is going to have to go! He is so noisy, I'm worried about my neighbors...

Hello, I was (still am) a total novice back in the Fall when I built an incubator out of a styrofoam cooler. I put in 20 eggs, and 15 hatched! Building the incubator did indeed make the success more satisfying. It was extremely easy to build; however, I took several days, maybe even a week...

That is so cool. I am also waiting for my first ever egg! How old was your hen when she produced this?

Thanks for the picture. That really helped me visualize how it could work better in my brooder. My 2 week old chicks are in a brooder with a mesh floor right now because I could not keep the shavings dry! I'm going to try adding some pine shavings, but keeping the waterer over a bare mesh...

How do you keep the bedding dry? My chicks always get their water everywhere, and I end up changing the pine shavings every day.

Hello all, This is my first post and my first adventure with raising chickens! I would appreciate any help me with a few questions. I have 11 chicks, 2 weeks old. 1. Two of my baby chicks died at 1 week old. They were apparently healthy, and I have no idea what happened. Specifically, what...