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I have some week old chicks. Are they able to find their way to the ecoglow brooder in the dark? The past 6 nights I've been putting them under after dark, getting tired of doing it but I don't want to be stayin up all night to check on them. Don't want them getting cold either temps dropping...

I have 3 hens to process. I have only processed one bird to date so I'm rather slow. I would really like to kill them all at once but I'm concerned about being able to get them cleaned up & on ice in a reasonable time. I realize temperature plays a major factor here & they should be on ice as...

Integrating new birds & chicks to an existing flock is such a pain in the neck,with quarantine, & the play pen method, etc. Then the stress & strife when actually adding them to the flock. Just curious, does anyone wth a small flock & limited space bring a new flock up to point of lay, then...

So, back some 3+ years ago I got four Wyandotte chicks, really only wanting 3 but figured one wouldn't make it or be a cockerel, as it turned out all were pullets. One of the 4 I recently put down after unsuccessfully treating for prolapsed vent. Deciding to augment the flock, after much...

4 x 4 coop just waiting on blackjack 57 from Amazon & some clear weather.

So after treating one of my 4 wyandottes for Prolapse Vent for the past 10 - 14 days & watching her only get worse, my wife & I made the difficult decision to put her down. Read several threads on the subject & decided to use ether as we weren't planning on eating her since we had been treating...

My 4 hens have a netted run, approx. 225 square feet. They also have a much larger fenced area which they get to roam when we are at home. One of the girls insists upon flying over the 40" plastic fence into the garden area. I can tell from the way she acts that she knows I am not happy with...

I presently have 4 Wyandottes, 2 GLW & SLW that are coming up on 2 years old. I've been thinking that perhaps next year or the following I would get a couple of chicks, bring them up to POL then cull my worst layers, ditto the following year. While I am reasonably happy with Wyandottes, I am...

I've had chickens for for about 18 months now & used this system for as long as the girls have been outside. I change the water every 7-10 days & put ACV in the water. Last year being new to chickens, I began to putting ice bottles the cooler almost immediately in an effort to help the pullets...

This guy is a regular visitor to my yard, so much so that the hens rarely even flinch anymore. Much to my dismay! Stupid birds! As he left he flew low & slow right over their enclosure, they didn't even seem to notice. In a couple of weeks more hawks will arrive, start courting rituals...

We have 4 Wyandottes 2 Gold & 2 silver 34 weeks of age. The # 2 hen seems to be slipping to a lower status as she is showing signs of being pecked on the head & neck, she is our only non laying hen. Is there a correlation between egg laying & status within the pecking order? None of the other...

We've been letting our hens out of their pen the past few nights to roam the summer garden a few hours before dark. We have noticed that they have become very dissatisfied being in their pen, which should be ample,100 sq ft for 4 Wyandottes. They have become noisier, unruly & more aggressive...

I was going to put this on the molt contest page as it was a question about early molt that caught my attention but figured this would be a more appropriate location. My wife & I attended the Heirloom seed festival earlier this month. We caught 1 of 3 lectures given by a long time poultry...

Saw this on face book this morning ,thought it interesting http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/04/5705291/1200-chickens-catch-a-flight-to.html

Went out to check on my girls this morning & found this. The pics are not clear but you can see the discolorization. There was a small amount on blood on her neck, there is an open sore at the bottom. The other ear lobe has a small, head of a pin small, dark spot on the very tip of the ear...

I have a motion activated solar security light that I move around that I move around with my chicken tractor. Last night it activated for the first time not once but twice, causing me to get up to investigate each time. No sign of anything amiss, the birds weren't agitated when I checked, only...

I'm curious, those of you whose chickens are more less, pets with benefits. Are you able to handle your birds at will? We have 2 GLW & 2 SLW that we've had from day one. We chose Wyandottes because they were reputed to be docile, friendly, good layers, etc, etc. We have hand fed these...

Hi folks! I'm mark, from small town central California, chickens are illegal here so that's all I'm saying..This is a small ag town & I know from my early morning walks that there are a lot of chickens in town, I don't have the patience to try to change the laws. The chicken laws kept me...