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My broody hatched one chick yesterday morning. I have not lifted her at all for fear of hurting an egg or chick. So yesterday around 3 pm she stood just enough for me to sneak a peak of the 2nd egg. It was pipped and the baby was chirping. It is almost 23 hours later and still no chick. Should I...

Will a rooster show a hen where to nest? My rooster does a wonderful job feeding and protecting his ladies. I just walked out in the barn to hear him make a noise I have never heard before. I have several 21 week old pullets. Of them a few just started laying recently. One of them followed him...

I am sorry if this is not the right place to post this, but really wasn't sure where to ask. My 21 week old pullets love to be cuddled and stroked. I pick them up and stroke their wattles and skin around their face and ears. After a few minutes, around the same time they start to close their...

If the 1st clutch doesn't hatch, will a broody sit for a 2nd? Is this even healthy for a hen or is she too depleted of energy to sit another 21 days? I have never hatched chicks before so this is all new to me. Chicks are due in about 7 days, but I have not candled the eggs (4 of them), and we...

I have 6 mature hens, 14 just maturing hens and 2 roosters. About 12 or so days ago one of my hens went broody. The eggs she are sitting on are the last 4 that were laid. All of my mature hens just stopped suddenly the next day! So I inspected them. I found 1 single mite on 2 separate hens. So I...

I am getting rid of an aggressive 12.5 week old EE cockerel. I have the option to add a 2 yr old EE roo and a barred rock roo of the same age. Or I could take the 2 yr old EE roo and try raising another male chick. I have a 3 yr old son and a 1 yr old son running around while the chickens are...

My 12.5 week old EE cockerel has bit me 3 times in the last week, twice drawing blood. He also charged me in the coop for the first time last night. Is this hormones or should I be worried about agressiveness for later on? I have a 3 yr old boy and a 1 yr old boy, and my chickens free range our...

Last night I acquired 4 more 11.5 week old pullets. 2 golden laced wyandottes and 2 EEs. I now have 6 hens (EEs,speckled sussex, barred rocks, golden comet) and 14 11.5-12 week old pullets (EEs, GLWs, black australorps, barred rocks). That will equal 20 hens. I have only ONE EE cockerel also...

I have six hens and eleven chicks that are twelve weeks old. The chicks have been in the big coop with the older girls for a couple of weeks, and I just cannot get them to roost. Now a few have started sleeping in the nesting boxes. I am not sure what else to do...

My friend's dad is giving away a rooster that he says is Araucana. I do not know anything about the breed as I have EEs. He said that if his roo was put with a good hen from the breed that show quality characteristics would follow. I am considering whether or not I should take the roo and get...

I am fairly new to raising a backyard flock. I bought my hens last November, and then I bought 12 chicks about 7 weeks ago. Today, I had put my chicks out to range with the big girls like I have been for the past week. I was out with them for a while then had to get my two toddlers ready. I kept...

First time having baby chicks. I have 12 seven week old chicks that have been living alongside my 6 adult hens for 4 weeks separated by some chicken wire. Is it okay to move them into the big coop soon? Also, all my hens free range around our property. I have put the chicks outside the last...

My chicks are approximately 3 weeks old and have most of their feathers. I have had them in my house since we got them in a sealed off room. In the last few days the smell and the dust has gotten unbearable! I want to move them into the barn so badly today, but it is just below freezing outside...

I brought home 12 chicks a week ago today. I don't know exactly how old they are, but they had just arrived at the store that morning. All of them now have several rows of wing feathers, some are starting to get feathers on their backs and all but one have tail feathers of some sort. My all...

I want to grow as much feed for my chickens for next winter as I can. Ideas on what to grow for them? I am planning sunflowers, but not sure what else. This is my first year for a garden. Live in southwest Ohio. Thanks in advance!

I purchased 12 chicks 2.5 days ago. 2 of them I noticed tonight have what looks like pasty butt. The one I was able to get cleaned off pretty well and the other the "paste" was rock hard yet still small and then my 1 year old started crying. He gas been vomiting for over 24 hours so I had to...

I picked up my 12 chickies today :) I currently have 6 hens occupying a 12 by 12 coop in our barn. Right now my brooder is in a closed off utility room in the house. I was planning to leave it there for only a day or two. Would it be okay to move my brooder into the big coop in a couple of days...

I have an old barn on my property and would like to build a coop in one of the corners, 12x12 size or so. It has a concrete floor. I know I would have to do a couple fixes in the security department because it is an older barn, and there are a few holes in the outer walls that I am sure...

I bought 6 almost 2 yr old hens tonight for $4 a piece. Raised completely organic and pastured. I was planning on starting chickens for the first time when I order chicks come Spring, but this opportunity came up, and I hoped it would help me learn. Any advice for managing an already mature...