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I have a small backyard flock of 4 chickens (shhhh, that's one over the limit here in Portland.) Last summer my GLW went broody and in early August, I finally gave in after multiple attempts to break her and slipped a couple of day-old chicks under her last August 15th or so. Just yesterday, I...

I had an impossible-to-break broody and a few weeks ago gave her a couple of store bought chicks to raise with the old switcharoo at night. She has taken to them in a beautiful way and is mothering them well. They don't chirp all the time like brooder-only chicks, and "mama" seems to know just...

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Never_slaughter_a_chicken_in_front_of_a_monkey Never slaughter a chicken in front of a monkey. Just the title made me laugh. One-armed monkey slaughters 80 chickens.

OK, I know it occasionally happens, but I've always a bit dubious when people post about more than one egg per hen per day. If I hadn't been collecting the eggs myself (3 a day for the last week like clockwork), I'm not sure I would have believed it. This afternoon around 2, I noticed my BR...

OK. Artemis, my lovely little BR laid her first egg on 8/17 neatly in the nest box, and laid daily except one day until 8/31. On 8/31, I got one in the nest box from Demeter, the BO (judging from egg song and behavior). No eggs since 8/31, and here it is 9/6. Been taking them their treats, and...

I have my own thoughts, but don't want to influence the voting... There are only 3-- BR, GLW, and a BO. Almost forgot--they're about 7.5 weeks old. Thanks!

I've read the how to take care of your new chicks threads, and many many others in the 6 months of planning for new chicks. Perhaps I'm a bit dense, but I really expected that the gigantic plastic tub I bought would hold out until the 3 chicks were old enough to go out to the coop. The little...

I am planning to convert a child's playhouse into a coop and am getting that planned out well with footings, predator protection, ventilation, space planning etc thanks to the help from all I've read here (I lurk alot). I will be using 1/2" x 1/2" hardware cloth for ventilation openings and the...

I will be adding 3 pullets/hens to my menagerie here in urban Portland, OR early next spring. I have an existing (underutilized) shed in my backyard that's about 12 x 8 feet. I hope to partition about half of it for coop use, and add a secure run area of approx 30' x 5-6'. I have a dachshund...