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We got this poor sweet Frizzle Easter Egger as part of a group of new hens. She’d been bullied previously and I don’t know that she’s gotten any better in the 2-3 weeks we’ve had her. I’ve seen her pecking other hens and them pecking her. She’s missing so many feathers I’m worried for her with...

Thanks. Any suggestions on things to do for that? We have vitamins I can add to her water. She was standing up sleeping in a puddle again. I put them back into a smaller fenced section. Thanks

She’s around 2. I don’t know on the eggs. They have all dropped off laying this winter. We don’t have a dog crate or a garage. I don’t know where we would segregate her. We use an Omlet coop and they free range most days. I feel horrible about the frostbite. I thought they were enclosed enough...

One of our Golden Comets 2yo is not well. She’s standing still in the yard in a puddle. Diarrhea and her comb looks off color. We moved her to a porch and she laid over on her side then perked up and walked away. She seems wobbly her breathing is normal and no discharges. The other hens are...

Both. We have a really nice patch of milkweed this year and I feel bad that the caterpillars are being eaten. I’ve never seen this many. I also don’t want the hens to get sick. We only have 4.

I saw one of our hens eating young monarch caterpillars and even pecked a hole in a milkweed leaf to eat one. Anything I should be watching for? I’m not even sure which hen as they all look the same to me. I am going to fence off the milkweed. I really never thought they would eat the...

Well. I’ve discovered one in particular is climbing up the ramp and then flying over. As you can see we’ve added some things to block them. The table cloth seems to scare them back. We are going to get a proper run set up for them to have more room and be safe. Yesterday I found one outside our...

We only have 4 hens so I don’t need to make a giant batch of fermented feed. I’m currently only fermenting scratch and using a large mason jar. I have a second one started. I give them a bit on a pie tin every other day or so. Any tips for using fermented feed for a small flock? Should I add...

We clipped both wings on all 4 of our gals. One keeps getting out. We have 4’ fence up to expand the run that’s attached to the coop. I’m guessing we are going to have to change the set up. I’m tired of the hen head count and the dog whining at the door to let us know one got out. Anyone have...

perfect. We do feed the hamster rat pellets too. But the hamster eats all those. The main food we’d be tossing out is the seeds she doesn’t like she takes out all the good stuff the dried fruit and nuts.

Can I toss the ladies the hamster chow our hamster leaves behind? Mostly millet and a few other seeds. They’d probably like it but I’m a newbie and want to make sure first. Thanks

We are picking up our 4 Golden Buff hens today. I decided against chicks and found someone local with hens who are about to start laying. We have an Eglu Omlet cube coop with an attached run. We hope to let them roam our yard, dogs and hawks could make that harder. We are a homeschooling...

I am going to be planning things out so we can have a small flock 2-4 hens next spring. We can't afford a coop right now and my hubby is handyman challenged. Plus maybe our one nutter dog will settle down a bit between now and then. My daughter with down syndrome loves chickens so this is...

I doubt this could really work but am just wondering. We have a old truck cap just sitting in the yard. There are windows on both sides, the tail end door lifts up and a sliding window where the cap meets the truck. It is just up on cinder blocks right now and the kids climb around and play...