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Once the chickens were old enough to be out doors, my male ME Coon lounged around where the chickens were. My 3 GSDs were very interested in them as chicks, in a play yard out side and when I put them into their real yard. Because my dogs are pretty much under voice control they were fairly...

I'm from Maine. Jennifer

I give mine scratch when I close them in for the night. I read somewhere that it is good in their crops overnight when it is cold out. As the days lengthen and the snow melts, I'll stop giving it to them. I have also started giving them rabbit pellets. I noticed they would pull anything...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I had a New Hampshire Red hen as a pet when I was between 6 and 14 years old. After that, we got some black sex links. We butchered the cockerels but they were too tough to eat. The hens layed good eggs though. For the last 40+...

Buy a copy of Uncle Henry's. There are a number of older chicks and some laying hens for sale in there. Part of the fun is starting from day old chicks so I suggest you really consider doing that. My first 5 chicks last spring were 2RIs, 1 Austrolorp, 1Buff Orp, and 1 Easter Egger plus a RI...