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Howdy all. One of my 21 hens went broody months ago, so I got her some babies two weeks ago. She’s at a point now where she wants to come out of the dog kennel she’s been brooding in, and wants her babies with her. I’m not sure they’re big enough to be safe from the other hens. When is it ok to...

My new flock is just going on two years old. There are 21 hens (EE’s, olive eggers, delawares, silver laced wyandottes and blue barnevelders) in a run that measures 15’x35’, and a coop that is 8x8. Starting early last year many were showing signs of picking on their backs above their tails. By...

One of my 3-week old chicks has outside toes that curl backward. They were ok when she arrived but started to twist as she grew. I used some vet-wrap to tape her outside toes to her middle toes in the hope of getting them to straighten out. How long do you think I should leave them taped...

Well really the hubs has done a lot of the work but it’s my design so I’m gonna take credit. I’ve certainly done my share of sweating, schlepping, cutting and hammering. I need some ideas on one specific part. The nest box will be external, and I want to be able to open the bottom to clean out...

I've been away for far too long! My hens are doing great - I still have one of my original four, 9 years into my chicken adventure! Her name is Pickles, she's an EE and she is still queen of the flock. Her minions are two other EE's named Olivia and Ophelia, a GLW named Pumpkin, and a bantam...

My goal for this year is to stop being an outlaw. It's funny because lately, Pasadena has been cited in many articles about the growing legalization movement as a city that allows backyard hens, but no one mentions the fine print - currently you have to keep your coop at least 50 feet away from...

I've used Sluggo before to control snails but not since I got chickens. Now I have a small strawberry patch, which is fenced off from the girls, that I'd like to keep snail-free . . . if I sprinkle some Sluggo around inside the patch to make sure that I get to eat my berries, I think I'm pretty...

but not for egg-laying. I see mentions all over the place for making sure that hens have places to hide from one another if there's any pecking order nonsense going on, but I can't figure out the best/easiest/cheapest way to do this. I've put milk crates in the run once or twice, but I don't...

I got a pullet at the end of April of unknown age . . . the seller at the time said 5 months but it's become obvious that wasn't right. Now I'm thinking maybe she meant 2 months, or something like that. Too late to figure it out now, but in a nutshell the bird is just now showing signs of...

I put them on a couple of my hens this weekend and they are doing the trick aggression-wise, but both girls seem to be having trouble figuring out how to peck at food on the ground. Does this get better? I'd hate to think they're going to starve to death!

What am I doing wrong? I tried three times, and then had to give the poor hen a break. Each time I got the pins inside her nostrils (I think) and it stayed on for a moment, she shook her head and it stayed, then she scratched with her foot and the peepers went flying. What's the secret...

But her behavior has not changed. Here's the background: I have two 2-year old hens (EE's), and this spring I got 5 new pullets. I started the pullets in the house, gradually moved them to the yard and free-ranged them with the 2 older hens to get them used to one another. When it felt right...

So I've read all the threads recommending putting the new bird in the coop at night while everyone else is asleep - boy oh boy I hope you're right because that's what I did tonight with my new pullet. I've let her free-range with the other girls the last few evenings, and she was scared and got...

Got this bird at a swap a couple of weeks ago. Not sure about the age exactly, but it's supposed to be pure lavender ameraucana. I was pretty sure at the time that it is a pullet, and so was the seller. But since I've had it in quarantine there seem like some awfully skinny feathers growing...

He's a real cutie, and I wish I could keep him, but please come get him before he starts to crow or I'm in big trouble!!

I have two hens, both EE's, who were fine this morning. This afternoon one is wheezing terribly (as a coincidence she laid the first egg of the year today, too - but I don't think that's related). Help! I love her and want to get her through whatever this is. 1) What type of bird , age and...

I might be getting two or three new hens in a month or two, and I'll need to quarantine them for at least a month before I integrate them with the two hens I have. My backyard is too small to accommodate two coops, so I need to build a tractor to house the new girls just for a short time. It...

Here's the back story - I started my chicken experience almost 2 years ago with two BR and two EE hens. The boss hen turned out to be one of the BR's, and the other BR was second-in-command. Boss hen was a benevolent dictator and everyone seemed happy. Unfortunately she got sick earlier this...

My BR hen is almost 2 years old, and has been laying consistently for the last year or so. Her eggs were fine and normal until a few months ago. It took me a while to realize there was a problem because I wasn't finding them for a while. Her shells have become very pale and thin, the whites...

I'm having a lot of problems with roof rats in our fruit trees this summer, and I'm debating putting out some bait. I've seen "inverted T" bait stations on some sites, but I'd like to know if anyone here has made them / used them and what the results were. I want to make sure that the bait is...