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i have six chickens all born in early May. Five of them have been laying for months. I was convinced that my sixth would never lay! She laid her very first egg yesterday at 9 months old! Be patient, your late bloomer will eventually lay too!

Hello, I have a small beginner flock of 6 hens. All had started laying quite a while ago except for one Easter Egger. They were all born on the same day and have been together since the beginning. She is not even squatting yet. She is definitely not a rooster. They are confined to a run so...

I have six chickens, 18 weeks old. They have been roosting for quite a long time now. I end up going out to the coop after they have all settled in to be sure everyone is up on the roost. There is usually one particular chicken that is not on the roost, but standing on the poop board instead...

We have dug a foot wide, probably 3 foot deep trench around our unfinished chicken run and have begun to install the hardware cloth to the bottom outside of the run and formed an apron around the perimeter. Two sides of the run will be easy, it is flat and no roots or stumps, the other two...

I have had my 7 week old babies in their coop for a week. The nighttime temps have been quite cool so each night I go out and close their windows and lock them in all snug for the night. Well, tonight I think it would more comfortable if I kept the windows open, because it is warmer, but I am...

I feel like I just came up with a genious idea, but I want to get everyone's okay before I do it! I will not be doing any free ranging that isn't protected because we have preditors. I am not too worried about attacks from the ground since I will be right next to them gardening or sitting in...

I am building my chicken run. I am planning on making an 18 inch, 19 guage galvanized hardware cloth apron, 1/2 inch, and running the same cloth on the bottom 3 feet of the run. I would like to use a sturdy but less expensive material for the top 3 feet of the wall and the ceiling area. What...

I have two buff orps that are 12 days old. Chick one is larger, feathering beautifully, tail and wing feathers, active, size and feathering and activity level the same as her RIR and Easter Egger sisters; chick two has always been smaller, little bigger than half chick one's size, still looks...

I went to the store to buy chick grit today and they looked at me like I was crazy and said that they had chicken grit, but not a grit specific for chicks. I came home with one pound of chicken grit in a ziploc baggie for 50 cents. Can I feed this to my ten day old chicks or should I maybe...

Today is 80, a little breezy. I have 10 day old chicks. Would it be ok for me to put them in a bottomless crate and bring them out on the lawn for a little while? How long? I was thinking like 15 minutes. Or is it best to leave them in their brooder until they are a bit older? Side note...

I am new to chickens. I have six that are just a week and a half old. Before they arrived my husband had the lawn fertilized and we had a tick control application applied. This was done about 4 weeks ago. We have told our lawncare company no more chemicals in the backyard where the garden...

I have six new chicks that are six days old. I want friendly adult chickens. As adults, I would like for them to come running to me, let me pet them, maybe sit with me a few minutes. I have heard over and over to handle them all the time. They get very nervous if I just reach into the...

My babies are no where near three weeks old but I like to think ahead, so here goes. I was looking to put my chicks in their coop at about 3 weeks of age with a heat lamp to get them out of the house. I live in Mass and our average daily lows for May is 50 ( this would be at night). I have...

I have six 2 day old chicks in brooder with red heat lamp. Plenty of room. My runt, who was lethargic when she got here yesterday but who is doing great today has a scab on her back. I am assuming she was being pecked. I just saw a chick curiously pecking at it. Since she is a runt and I...

I have 6 new chickens which means poop and we have tons of dry leaves. I would like to set up a compost pile for my chicken poop. We will be using sand in the coop and run, sparse straw over the sand during the winter to keep footsies warm, shavings in the nesting boxes. How do I start a...

My chicks are to be mailed out from My Pet Chicken on Mon May 6th. I live in Mass so I would think they should arrive sometime Tuesday. What do others do about going to work during the first week? My husband gets out of work at 4 and could go to the post office Tuesday at 4 if the chicks are...

Another question. Every time I tackle one question, I come up with another one. I will be a pro next year with all my research and will leave you poor people alone. I am looking to plant some annual flowers near my chicken coop. My chickens will not be free ranging. My plan from now on is...

I am new to gardening and new to chickens. I have been driving my husband crazy with all my research lately. I have just come across building a worm tower for each of my square foot gardens out of pvc pipe. My question is this: will my worm towers create all of the fertilizer each of my 8x4...

I ordered 6 baby chicks and they tell me their estimated arrival date is the week of May 6th. Does anyone have experience with them? I am going on vaca the beginning of July and I want to get my chicks when they tell me I can so I can get them in their coop at 5 or 6 weeks of age and give them...

I came up with the idea of building 12 inch wide planter boxes to run along the outside bottom of my chicken run that I can plant various chicken treats, flowers, rather than burrying 18 inches of hardware cloth. Thoughts?? Would you still bury some cloth extending out from the planters?