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I'm in Tampa and am loving that they city changed our ordinance making it easier to keep backyard chickens! A neighbor of mine was moving, and I inherited their flock and their coop. It is a frame structure covered in poultry wire with a dirt floor. I have two questions: 1) how often and to...

Thank you for everyone's advice, I will keep an eye on things and if it doesn't improve, I'll move her to the neighbor's

The neighbor's coop is much smaller than mine. Do you think it would be okay to switch out the Mille Fleur for their one regular hen? Until Wednesday they all lived together...

The 5 I adopted were raised together, but there were 4 others (including 3 bantams) who my neighbors took. Do you recommend putting my Mille Fleur with them?

I just adopted part of an established flock. There are 4 big girls and one Mille Fleur bantam. My Mille Fleur is displaying similar behavior as mentioned above. She stays ontop of the roost (instead of inside or on the ground) almost all the time. She doesn't appear to be injured, but the only...

Thank you for your reply! The shells have been out there for about 5 years, so hopefully if there was any chemical residue, it has been neutralized by exposure to the elements.

I have a crushed shell patio (no idea if the shells were treated w/chemicals) in my backyard and I was wondering if this would be an issue with keeping chickens, especially after I read some posts on impacted crops...