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I've decided to use plastic to wrap around my runs for the winter this year. Last couple of years I've used tarps but they look unsightly and they're not waterproof. I bought 12'x100' 6mil plastic. My question is how do I attach it to my chain link run?! I was thinking about using grommets, so...

I have a chick that's almost a week old that's walking on her hocks. I did some research and I think it's a riboflavin defecentcy. My problem is that tomorrow is easter and all the farm stores will be closed. Will she be ok till Monday? Should I go to the drug store in the mean time and get...

I just got my new incubator and I'm not sure what I should set the settings at. I want to do my best on my first hatch! I know the temp should be at 99.5F but what should the humidity be at, the turning angle, the turning interval? What does everyone set theirs at?

I have a hen that my rooster injured. I set up a chicken hospital in the basement and she was in there for about 2 weeks. Now she is fully healed so I brought her back out to the coop. Now she won't leave. She sits on the roost most of the time and occasionally in the nesting box. She hasn't...

I came home from work to find my poor little girl pecked like crazy on the back of her head. All of her feathers are gone and her skin is raw and bleeding. I've cleaned it with warm soapy water a couple of times. Figured out it was my young rooster as he had blood on his beak and a few missing...

I'm planning on deworming my chickens tomorrow with safeguard paste for horses. One of my girls got a cut inside her mouth that looks like it's starting to get infected. Can I use the safeguard and give her the duramycin-10 at the same time? And should I deworm my 19 week old chickens too while...

I noticed one of my hens had a cut inside her mouth about a week ago. I figured it would heal. I checked it out again today and it looks like it's infected now. It's white and some puss? What should I do?

Is this possible? I saw a thread (which I can't find now ) that another BYCer found a mille fleur d'uccle in the bantam bin at TSC. I'm planning on going in soon so get some easter eggers and I would really like to get a mille fleur d'uccle or two. Is there anyway of picking one out from all the...

My buff Orpington laid her first egg today! She's almost 23 weeks old. We named her "ostrich" because she has always been the biggest one and has such a deep voice. For a while I was nervous that she was a roo because she was just so big and had a big red comb. I was outside doing chores today...

Hen or roo? "She" (hopefully!) is 18 weeks old. But I think she is older then all the other chicks I got because she has always been bigger. There is a difference between her and the other buff Orpington.. Any help will greatly appreciated! My other buff Orpington

Hello BYC'ers! Please bear with me, I'm still relatively new here and still trying to figure out how everything works. In may I picked put six chicks from my local grain store (four barred rocks and two buff orpingtons) and thought I would build my own coop. After searching around on here I...

Just got six chicks so now im on the clock for building their coop. I've got a lot of pallets laying around so I'm planning on using those. But I have never built anything in my life. Any and all suggestions or pictures will be greatly appreciated! I did start the coop. I will post pictures as...

I'm new to chickens! Just bought 6 chicks yesterday, 4 barred rocks and two buff orpingtons. I'm sure I will have lots of questions while I'm getting used to all this. Thanks! :)