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I have baby chicks.. 16 of them. They are 5 weeks old and in the outside coop. It is 8ft x 8ft. My Welsummers seem to be growing slower than the others and are also missing feathers on their backs- like they are being picked on. I have 4 austra whites, which I believe to be the culprits. I have...

Hey Peeps! What is the best automatics door opener? I have found a few I am leaning towards... the Cheeper Keeper on amazon is about $230 and had 4.6/5 star reviews. I have also looked at the Ador1... Both had both good and bad reviews. The thing I am concerned about most, is that coons will...

I am wanting to start supplementing my feed with kelp. The best bang for my buck is this... https://www.amazon.com/Dogzymes-Certified-Organic-Norwegian-Supplement/dp/B00HJTIDEK/ref=sr_1_11?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1491715887&sr=1-11&keywords=kelp+for+animals But, it has iron in it. I have...

I am adjusting the temp of my incubator- hoping to set the eggs tomorrow The built in digital thermometer is reading higher than my good old fashioned "non-digital" thermometer. That being said, the sensor for the built in one is very close to the heating element. The other thermometers are in...

So, I am putting up my chicken run this month. Getting chicks may first (YAY!!) Unfortunately, there are lots of hedge apple trees on my property and we cannot cut them down. One or two may hang over the chicken run. It is a pretty big run, and will have a few trees encompassed, so I cannot...

My husband and I are bumping heads here... He doesn't think I need a lot of ventilation in the coop. I sent him this link https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-coop-ventilation-go-out-there-and-cut-more-holes-in-your-coop to prove him wrong. I will have my vents! LOL As of now, I have a...

Okay- So I originally bought a bunch of heavy duty metal T-posts, 8 footers, for my run. I had looked into some hardware from WedgeLock to help install corner posts, etc etc... Well, now my husband wants to cover the run with some sort of mesh or chicken wire, or whatever... I am not sure...

Hey there! I am anxiously awaiting spring time so I can start rehabbing my coop and run. (We moved last year and I will be getting new chickens this year) I learned alot from having birds before of what NOT to do... but I have some ideas running through my head... I cannot free range- too...

Hey guys! I had MANY chickens a few years back, but when we moved, we brought the coop and had to re-home the birds. We did not have a secure fence up. Well, this year is the year we are re-doing the chicken house and run! Yipee! I wanted to share some of my plans and see if anyone had any...

Hey Guys! I am getting ready to start planting some type of hearty grass in the chicken pen so that it will grow up before the chicks get here. I will have about a quarter acre. I used to grow wheat grass in pots for my birds, but I was thinking about what would happen if I just spread the...

Hi all, I the next month I will be putting up a welded wire fence with metal t-posts. Originally, I was going to use wooden corner posts, but have been seeing people who use t-posts and just reinforce them with 60 degree support brackets. Also, do any of you have this type of set up? Id be...

Last year, I realized on March 14th that my one hive had died. Complete devastation. Today, I am pleased to say that my TWO hives survived! They were both very active today and already collecting pollen (which is rare for early march in northern Indiana!). I could not figure out where the...

Do you guys think a quarter acre is big enough that 16 hens will have a constant supply of grass and not turn it into mud? I plan on also getting 16 meat birds, but they will only be in the pen for 10 to 15 weeks... I cannot free range due to predators... Thanks!

So... we recently moved to a new house. At our old house, we had chickens but had to get rid of them for a year while we got a fence put up for our new flock. We have 5 acres (in the country) and due to the set up of our land, I want to put them in the back corner. It is the perfect spot for...

To give some background... we just moved. Prior to moving, my hens were always broody- Im talking one hen in each of my 6 nesting boxes ALL the time, whether or not there were eggs in there. I hatched some eggs out for my neighbor. We have been in our new location about 3 weeks now. (Yes I...

I have a hen who is loosing all of her feathers. I think over the winter we had mites, and I believe I have that problem under control... But I still have one hen who looks like a franken-chicken. She has probably lost 75% of her feathers, he skin is ire engine red, it looks so painful. Of...

I am getting two goats... I am told they are cae neg, but they were last tested in 2012. What I want to know, is how do I test my animals?? I would like to test for CAE, CL and Brucella. I have looked online, and I have found companies, but I would like to know from people who have done it...

Here's a few pics of what a handful of my hen's butts look like. They've been like this for maybe three or four weeks. I noticed it on one hen..then another...then another and so on. I had my rooster in w the girls while the weather was frigid but he's in his own coop again. I didn't see signs...

Hi guys.... A neighbor of mine asked me to save my chicken feet and heads after Freezer Camp so she can feed them to her dog... says they are good for arthritis... She also said the feet sell for up to $4/pair at the local auction.... Have any of you heard this??? What do you do with your...

Do you have to feed broilers starter/grower when they are young, as if you would with layers? Or can you start them on the same feed you plan to use when they get bigger? I ask because I found someone on craigslist that sells a more healthy (not completely GMO free) chicken feed... I would...