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Hi everyone, We've been having rat troubles in our coop for the last few weeks. We have six 6 week old babies being raised by two broody mommas in there and last night a rat attacked one of the babies. We heard the commotion from the momma and when we got to the coop, the baby was laying on...

Hi everyone, I'm a little concerned about our chicken behavior and wondering if anyone has any idea what's going on. Our chickens are a year and half old and have been living in the same coop and attached run since they were babies. They've always spent all their time in the run, even...

Hey everybody! Our first chick just hatched a half an hour ago in our incubator! Yay!! We have nine more eggs in there, one of which has pipped, and a few more are rocking. The chick is still drying off and I'm nervous because she's stumbling all around the inside of the incubator and moving...

Hey all, We have a dozen chickens in our flock, we got all of them last spring around this time. We mostly keep them in an enclosed coop and run, but we let them free range around our fenced backyard. We let them out whenever the weather is nice, so they're in the yard quite frequently...

Hi All! Need some advice here... One of our hens went broody a few days ago... of course two weeks after I started incubating eggs! She's been in one of our two nesting boxes sitting on some eggs. From everything I've read it's a good idea to move a broody hen to a safer location so the...

Hi Everyone, I'm an art teacher living in Upstate New York, and my husband to be is an English Professor. We live in a big old house in the city, but will be moving out the country as soon as we are able. We plan to live a self sufficient life surrounded by livestock and gardens galore! For...