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Thanks everyone for the great advice! :) Still no eggs but I'm not a proponent of extra light in the coop. I figure nature has a cycle and we should follow it. I'll keep doing what I'm doing. I don't give them scratch that often, I know it isn't the best thing for them. I had considered...

I have 5 hens that started laying in late August. They were doing great, though one of them was a slow layer. Then about a month ago we had a couple of scares with them getting out. This resulted in the dog taking an interest. We thought he had killed a bird each time but thankfully the hen was...

Hi folks. So I've taken to washing and combing my own wool fleeces to spin into my own yarn to knit. Question is, I have bits of the fleece left over that are full of grass, tiny knots and basically just isn't usable after I comb it out. Can I put this in my nest boxes for my chickens? I...

Forgive me if this has been answered elsewhere. I have had chickens when I was growing up and recently got back into them. I don't have a rooster this year for my hens, but thinking of getting one next year. This brought up a question I never thought of before. I know a hen can lay an egg a day...

Ok, I've tried this 2-3 times. Everything goes fine the first 2-3 days then it suddenly molds up. I've tried soaking with and without bleach. What can I do to prevent this?

This is an awesome idea!! Think I'll try to put a small one together for my girls till I can get a bigger run built. As far as sprouting goes.... I have tiny root sprouts in my deluxe bird seed mix! So excited!

I've been reading this thread for awhile and I've been convienced! I found a bag of deluxe bird seed mix at the feed store. It is a sunflower, wheat, millet, milo mix. I currently have a small batch soaking and will spread into my small to-go boxes that will be my growing trays. I only have 5...