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Would it be okay if I kept laying hens in a meatie style tractor during the summer... The Salatin kind of design. Sorry for my ignorance, I recently purchased one from Craigslist and was curious or are these kind of tractors not good for layers ?

I will try that next time... thank you very much for your help When the first chick was hatched I placed it with another hen who already hatched out her chicks in a brooder thankfully she adopted the baby right away.

Various stages and hens...I have 5 nest boxes in this coop and all of my hens seem to want to use the box she is in... what happens is they squeeze in with her lay their egg leave and she scoops them up under her. One chick has hatched so far so I assume a few of the eggs will follow My...

I have a hen that has went broody and she is sitting on a clutch that is just too big for her I plan on taking some of the fertile eggs and putting them in my incubator ...Im not sure how far along these eggs are so I can't guess when they will hatch so my question is will it be safe to put...

Hey all, I have four 6 month old silkie cockerels that were raised together in a coop without any females...I recently acquired an older silkie rooster around 15 months old and was wondering if I could place him in with the younger roosters or will that be a mistake? they will be away from the...

I have a blue splash silkie who started life out as Shayla then at about 3 months and after his first crow he became Shayne

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Thank you donrae... looked up pictures of D'uccles and I think that is what my little bird may be. The lighting is pretty bad in this pic, sorry about that.

It was a small animal auction so I don't know how old the bird is.. but the box was marked bantam hen. So I assumed that it was a little girl.

Bought this little hen at an auction last night... I know she is probably a cross of some kind but of what ? She is very small and has little tufts around her ears and feathered feet. I bought her because I thought she was a pretty color. any ideas what she may be ????

heres some in Pennsylvania.... http://www.hoffmanhatchery.com/ http://www.moyerschicks.com/ http://reichspoultryfarm.com/ http://www.jmhatchery.com/index.php http://myerspoultry.com/ http://www.hhpoultry.com/index.html http://mtdifarm.com/

New to chickens... need some help, Pullets or cockerals ?

Hi Carmelchickie... Yes all of my chicks from Murray arrived healthy and in good shape, I did lose a cochin bantam on the second day that just didn't thrive I suppose but the rest are all doing well. My chickens get along pretty good, there is some picking but I actually have a pair of OE...

Blairsville, Pa

I have been reading the boards for a little while but I am a first time poster. I live in a small town in SW pennsylvania (about 40 miles outside of Pittsburgh ) I am fairly new to raising chickens and reading these forums over the past few weeks has been a really big help to me. I have a...