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This is my first time letting a broody hatch eggs. We have her set up in her own nest, but it turns out the other girls are getting jealous. We've had two broken eggs this week. :( I am going to create an isolated area for her, just needed to wait until Saturday (tomorrow) to do it. The...

We have a hen that laid early for her age by a few weeks. She laid for about a week and then we haven't seen an egg from her again since (about 2-3 weeks). (We only have two other layers currently and their eggs are easy to identify as theirs--they each have their own color/size/etc) She is...

We have our flock free ranging on 3 acres. We do not have a fence. So far we've only lost one bird to a predator, but would like to get a LSG. We are also hoping the LSG will herd the chickens away from the property line and away from the porch. (The property owner is threatening to throw...

We have too many roosters and they are becoming aggressive to one another. They are gorgeous and already showing off. Two of the roos have just started crowing and man are they are beautiful sight to see when they strut!! They kind of have a crow-show down--it's hilarious. Our birds are...

I noticed this morning that my Turkens (approximately a month old) seem to have bloody welts where the feathers are growing out around the base of their necks. They both have the same marks in the same spots. They are in the brooder with some white leghorns, but the turkens don't seem to be...

I have 14 chicks at 10 weeks and 2 laying hens in a coop together. Any suggestions on feeding them so that both age groups get what they need?

Hey ya'll! I'm fairly new to raising chickens. We raised them when I was a kid, but really I just had to worry about doing what my mom told me to and when the birds stopped laying, they were retired to a ranch that "rescued" birds. We have 14 1 month old chicks that we hatched. We've already...