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Our family lost our whole flock today. We had six chickens. There is one remaining, but I do not expect her to make it. It was either a dog or a coyote. We have coyotes in the area, but I suspect it was a dog for the simple fact that it ripped hardware cloth completely off the screws and tore...

We got rid of an aggressive rooster and replaced him with a 1.5 year old red star hen three days ago. We have six hens (counting her) in a chicken tractor. The run is 8x4. We have two Leghorns, Two BR's, one EE and the new Red Star. The chickens are let out to forage in the evenings. The...

I have a newly laying flock. One of my six "Hens" is a rooster and is becoming aggressive. I have small kids. I am thinking of eating him and getting a point of lay pullet to replace him with. The family is not thrilled with this idea and I do allow my chickens to free range on our ten...

I have a newly laying flock. They are a few weeks into laying and I believe on of my Barred Rocks is laying only shelless eggs. My chickens have ready access to oyster shell and we feed them back their crushed shells. What gives?

Alright, I have five layers. Two Leghorns, two barred rocks, and one Easter Egger. I have had a few brown eggs, lots of white eggs and one green and one blue. Do I have a BR laying a green or olive egg?

I am raising my first flock. I have 2 leghorns, 2 barred rocks, and two eater eggers. One of my EE's turned out to be rooster so five layers. In late june my leghorns started laying and I am now getting two large - XXL white eggs each day. They are amazing. Day in day out. About a week or...

I have moved my pullets outside into the coop. They are about 5-6 weeks old and feathered. I have noticed that they seem to prefer to pile up in the nest boxes rather than use even the low roosts. Is this a bad habit to let them get into or will they naturally start to use the roosts as they...

I have been surprised at how many hatcheries seem to have closed in the Northwest in the past few years. For the new hobby breeder without connections this means feedstores or online hatchery orders are the most likely avenues. I think that if we had a forum where people could find others in...

I have started a new flock. I very much hoped to have dark egg layers and/or olive eggers. This proved rather difficult as I could not have a rooster and I am starting with a very small flock (6 hens). This ruled out chicks from most local breeders as they were unsexed and having just six...

We purchased six chicks at Big R this year. After a great deal of discussion and research we decided to have two leghorns, two barred rocks, and two easter eggers. When we went to get the two day old chicks, the last of that week's eater eggers were sold to someone else while we were getting...

I am building a new coop for my first flock. When I was in the Marine Corps our camouflage uniforms were pre-treated with permethrin to repel bugs. The permethrin bonds to the fabric when dry and did not present a danger to the skin. It even lasts through several washings. I am using large...

I have seen a few discussion of using these. I would love to hear about anyone who has. I have new chicks in today. They are under a 250 Watt red heat lamp. I want to use the Heat emitter at least for night time as it would give the chicks some dark time. Thoughts?

I am starting a new flock. I will have 4-5 hens and am trying to put together a small flock with different egg colors. One of the breeds I intend to add is a Barred Rock. I have a elementary school age son who is hoping for a friendly chicken and likes the look of the Barred Rock. Right...

I am building a chicken tractor and will have limited space. I think I will have only 3 or 4 hens. I am doing this primarily for eggs. Initially I had planned to have barred rocks and production reds. My question is, would it be better to go with leghorns? Am I corrects that leghorns are...

I am a brand new back-yard-chickenster. I am re-cycling an existing wooden box into a coop. The box is 40" x 40" x 25" According to my plan this means the coop will be about 2 feet tall inside. My question is how high I should mount the roost. I want to put it as high as possible to...