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Hi! I have a 4 month old Blue Laced Red Wyandotte rooster that I am looking to rehome. I live in Rhode Island but would be willing to travel to Massachusetts or Connecticut. Please let me know if you or anyone you know is interested. Thank you so much in advance! Wendy

Hi there! This is my first winter raising chickens. I have 5 hens - speckled sussex, easter egger, buff orpington, buff brahma and barred plymouth rock. I have done a lot of reading on their requirements for colder weather. I live in Rhode Island. It hasn't been too cold yet, however we're...

I have 5 hens that we got as chicks in April (layers & pets). 4 of them are laying. I switched from 18% chick feed to 17% layer crumbles as soon as they started laying. I also provide oyster shells for them to eat as they please. My question is that my brahma isn't laying yet or showing signs of...

The book that I have been referencing since getting my first flock of chicks suggests switching from 18% chick starter feed to 16% protein feed at 15 weeks until 22 weeks or until they begin laying. The bag of chick starter I have (Kalmbach 18% start right chick feed) says I can feed this until...

Hi, First time raising chicks. So far they seem to be doing great until I noticed some watery diarrhea today. Now that the weather has been getting better, I've been taking them out of the brooder for a few hours each day to walk around in an enclosure in the yard. I have also started giving...

Hi, This is my first time raising chicks. My chicks are 1 week old today and seem to be doing well overall so far. I just went in to check on them and one of them kept reaching around to itch where her tail feathers were and everytime kept making a sound that seemed like she was in pain or...

Hi, I am 2 days in to raising my first group of baby chicks. I have the brooder all set up and the chicks seem to be doing well so far. I have read a lot about different brooder set ups and am currently using a large cardboard box with puppy pads lining the bottom and paper towels on top of...

Hi There, I'm about to begin keeping chickens and am researching breeds. There are several breeds I'm considering but will only be keeping 6-8 birds total. (Only interested in hens for now and main purpose is for pets / eggs). I'm wondering if it is ok to have a flock with 6 different breeds or...