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We solved the problem by determining the primary rump kicker was a very young Rhode Island Red rooster. He revealed himself by a couple of very loud, but not refined; crows. He now has a new home with a family who wants free animals for their children to care for. I am still a little ticked at...

I saw the phrase "Group Dynamics" on another thread and thought it best describes the interactions resulting from us moving five Red Star hens from an isolation coop to the large coop which was already occupied by six Silver Laced Wyandotte hens. We moved them at night by placing the Red Stars...

We live in North Texas. We typically have ten hours of sunlight in mid winter with a little over fourteen hours in mid summer. I have set my coop up with a timer for supplemental light starting probably in early October. My intent is to insure fourteen hours of light per day. My wife thinks...

I talked with a guy who used to install ceiling fans. He said the compatibility of a rheostat with a fan motor depends on the type of fan motor used. When I told him the barn fan had one of those pull chains to change speed, he said a rheostat could cause that type of speed changing circuit to...

I purchased the smallest, three speed, barn fan Tractor Supply had. I mounted it on the wall of the chicken coop pointing at the screened door so it will blow hot air out at the top of the door allowing fresh air to return at the bottom of the door. It looks and works great in my mind, but the...

The nutrition was probably a major factor in the chickens health. Five of the six pullets we bought have done very well in growth, color, and vigor. Blondie was the only one declining in health after we got her. The place we bought them was in my mind a chicken mill similar to a puppy mill. It...

Okay,, Blondie (her name because she is so light colored) was put into a large pet carrier yesterday after dusting her lightly with sevin. She got fresh water, crumbles, yogurt, a soft straw bed and a cover, She looked very cozy. I also used a broad spectrum wormer named Ivermectin which kills...

Chickcharm, Thank you for your reply. I don't intend keeping the chickens on the game bird feed and will revert to layer pellets ASAP. I just wanted them to have some extra protein in their feed. The layer pellets around here are 16% while the game bird pellets are 20%. My garden is going gang...

I'm considering the possibility of gapeworm and I have been studying the wormers available for gapeworm. Her beak doesn't look deformed in any way, only very large when compared to the other red star chickens. She simply looks like she somehow became genetically mixed up when the parent birds...

Thank you! We give our chickens yogurt once a week but I don't know if she has ever pushed her way through to the dish and eaten any. Maybe she will if she is alone. I don't know what "vitamin water" is. Is there a recipe for it? We will be adding wormer medication to her water on Saturday. We...

We bought six Red Star hybrids at eighteen weeks of age as reliable egg producers. All six chickens were very different from each other in size and color. I suspect all six came from different broods and may be a couple of weeks different in age. After having them for two weeks separated from...

Kaugomu, How well has your Red Star handled the high Texas heat? Do you provide mid day shade? We just got six Red Stars at eighteen weeks of age to add to our flock of six Silver Laced Wyandottes. The Wyandottes are now 22 weeks old and we are waiting for their first eggs. One of the six Red...

I've often read chickens love yogurt. My wife and I enjoy no fat, low calorie yogurt in many fruit flavors. Our chickens ignore it. I suspect the low calorie content of our yogurt is the result of artificial sweeteners. I know some chemicals taste different to different creatures. What may seem...

We have six Silver Laced Wyandotte hens about twenty weeks old. My wife spends some time each day hand feeding them treats and they will take treats from her hand. They are still skittish about being picked up or handled in any way. Will the breed ever become more receptive to being handled? We...

Here is ours which also has a lot of repurposed wood in it's construction. The coop is 6' X 8'. The run is 8' X 12'. The space under the coop is a nice shady space for them to relax out of the sun and measures the same square footage as the coop. Since this is our first coop / run and our first...

We have six Silver Laced Wyandotte hens at about twenty weeks of age in a large coop and run we just finished constructing. We plan on getting six Red Sex Link pullets about twelve weeks old and adding them to the flock. Our intent is to keep the Sex Links in a smaller coop next to the new coop...