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She's driving me crazy! I just want her to go back to being a normal chicken. OK, I guess that's what she is doing but... I want eggs!!! She's sitting on the bed next to me right now. I've been bringing her in and handing her a lot trying to get her mind off of setting. Every time I go into...

My Light Brahma is behaving strangely. She layed later than normal yesterday and then later in the evening I found her back in the nest, panting her beak off. It was hot in there. It was time for the girls to come in for a bit of AC before bedtime so I grabbed her and brought her in. She sat in...

My LB hasn't layed for 2 days now. She goes into nest box and looks like she's about to lay. My RIR sings for her and everything. When she comes out, no egg. I don't see any sign that she ate them or have reason to believe she hid them. Maybe I'll do a thorough search of the yard anyway. There...

Even though I'm approaching the coop with a severe case of the exited puppy wiggles when I go to get the eggs I hide them under my shirt as I carry them by the girls out of guilt. I think they're on to me! I don't want to be pecked to death in my sleep. Does anyone else hide the eggs from the...

The good news is these well adjusted birds didn't seem to mind too much. Well after the fact that is. while I was squirting them ( like shooting fish in a barrel) they ran like heck. I used the sprayer to herd them under the patio cover and by the time time I had turned off the hose they were...

I found my first two eggs yesterday morning and I don't know if they were both laid by 1 bird and I just missed it the day before or if two birds just started laying the same day. What I do know is that today my RIR is behaving very strangely. She's all fidgety with a sense of urgency that...

Will compost made with used litter containing DE be bad for the earthworms in the garden? I asked this in another post but I thought I would make a topic out of it. I'm using food grade DE and pine shavings in the coop with the deep litter method. It works great. I scoop the big nasties in the...

I had been getting excessive moisture in my mealworm tub so yesterday morning I removed a few potato halves, replaced the paper bags with paper towels and put the tub outside in the sun. Then I forgot all about it. Last night about 10PM I remembered it and got out of bed and brought it in. I...

I have 3 pullets free ranging in my backyard with a large coop and plenty of food, treats, and love for all. My light brahma has started harassing my brown leghorn. Not constantly but occasionally she will get pretty relentless. They are all laying under the mandarin tree together right now but...

I would like to apologize for appearing to incite trouble on this forum with my post pertaining to HR 1388. I was angry upon realizing what this could mean and I allowed that to color my tone. I was not trying to troll, only to inform anyone who might not have been aware so they could research...

Looks scary to me, indoctrinating young people in a mandatory volunteer program (what's that). They will be GIVEen basic civil defense training and required 10 hours of re indoctrination each year. Won't they be activated by FEMA, the group currently sprucing up some 800 "facilities" around...

So it would seem. They are coming up on 8 weeks (one 6 weeks) and I've had them out in the coop under the 250W red heat lamp since I got them 3 1/2 weeks ago. Yesterday I bought a 100W ceramic IR lamp ( not as warm as I thought it would be) and replaced the red light, figuring they might like...

My 6 wk Light Brahma doesn't seem to "get it" like the 6 wk RIR and the 4 wk Brown Leghorn do. She barely comes down the ramp into the run on her own and hasn't yet figured out how to go back up into the coop. I got them some mealworms today ($3.50 for 50 at the pet store seems a bit high) and...

I just read of a recall of organic eggs possibly infected with salmonella. My girls are only 6wks and 4 wks but it got me to thinking about my future eggs. I guess I don't know much about the relationship between chickens and salmonella other than to beware of raw eggs and undercooked chicken...

Hi All... My wife broke down and OK'ed 2 chickens about 5 months ago. I got her up to 3 about 3 weeks ago. We live in a small city (Chico, CA) and don't have much yard so roosters are out of the question. I finished building the coop in by buddies shop last Friday and he helped me move it to...