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Tomkohome - yes!! Me!! I live in Southampton (Burlington County) and my neighbor and I will be raising meat birds come Spring. I would love to speak with you more about this!

I have a flock of 6 pullets - 4 are apprx 18 weeks (EE pullet recently began laying) and 2 that are apprx 14 weeks. Can I continue to provide grower feed while offering oyster shells/egg shells for my layers? Also, it's pretty hot here in NJ and I have read that providing grower feed during...

Hi everyone! So, I have a bit of a strange occurance. My chickens are 2 different ages - 4 are about 20 weeks, 2 are about 16 weeks. My Light Brahma is of the 16 week group, and in July I noticed she had something funky going on with her neck. At first, I thought she had an impacted crop...

My coop is roughly 4ftx5ft and the attached run is 14ftx6ft. It's definitely enough room for them all to love peacefully. For now the dog crate is inside the actual run - figured that would give them time to see each other but no ouchies. Yes - my older chicks are 6 weeks and my newbies are...

I have been trying to integrate 2 3/4 week old chicks into my flock of 4 6-week old hens. For now, they are in a large dog crate inside the run. I have let the babies out with the big girls a couple of time just to see how it goes and everyone does well...everyone except one. My barred rock is a...

I am located in Southern NJ - Medford, to be exact. What is a mink?? I've never heard of such a thing. Do we have them in NJ? I do not live close to the woods - I live in a very open farmland area. I myself live on a small horse farm. The attack happened in the middle of the day, about 2...

They were outside my barn in a pretty wide open area when I found them so I don't think they fell. I don't have any rodent poison in my barn so I don't think it was that, either. Good god, I really hope it wasn't a rat! That means I have MUCH bigger issues - but in the 15 years that I've...

So, my chicks are now 6 weeks old. They are a mixed flock - Barred Rock, Australorp, Red Sex Link, EE, Speckled Sussex. I had let them out around my barn while I rode my horse and cleaned stalls. Previously, I would let them out and stay with them. But, I figured since I was around that...

So, this weekend I officially moved my chickies to their big girl house - the coop. They are 3 weeks old. First day, they happily took dust baths and walked around inspecting the new digs. They had absolutely no idea how to walk up the ramp to get into the coop from outside so I had to put...

So, my chicks are due to be delivered on Apr/16 (we live in NJ). My coop and run are complete - thanks, hubbie! - as well as my brooder box (er, crate). Last night, I had a bit of a eureeka moment. Could I use my coop as the brooder?! Ok, stay with me - my coop has electric running to it, so...

Thanks for the responses! I looked into the Countryside Organics feed - looks great! I live in NJ, so I wonder, with shipping, what it will come out to be. I ordered my chick feed from Scratch n Peck this time, and shipping was about $15 - I think that's a lot, considering the feed was $24...

So I have a medium sized coop - 4x5 - and I am looking into roost options. I don't think a roost ladder would work for my coop because of layout and whatnot but I was intrigued by the idea of a poop hammock. Anyone out there use this? I have 6 chickens (still in the brooder) so I'm thinking 2...

So I am on the hunt for a soy-free chicken feed which I have found to be **** near impossible. I do not feed soy to my family (including my horses and dogs) so I don't plan on feeding it to me chicks. I have found Scratch n' Peck feeds which look lovely - I was wondering if others on here are...

I am using the Premier One heating plate for my littles. I was wondering - should I also provide additional light in the form of a white light bulb? And if I do, should I only keep it on during the day and turn it off at night? My chickies will be living in my garage until they can go outside...

My chicks are due to be delivered on April 16th - I ordered through mypetchicken.com, but I believe they are coming from Meyer's (sp?) Hatchery. I am so stinkin' excited! I ordered 2 Australorps, 1 Barred Plymouth Rock, 1 Red Star, 1 Easter Egger, and 1 Speckled Sussex. Quite the mixed bag...

So, I am gearing up for the delivery of my chicks on 16/April - even my 2 y.o. is excited because she is on a major Old MacDonald kick right now and the chicken verse is her favorite. In a planning effort, I am considering approaching the GM of my local grocery store to see if they would sell...

Hi everyone! I'm new to BYC - I will be getting a small flock of hens this Spring (yay! so excited!). I know this question has probably been asked a million times, but I couldn't find any threads for this so, here we go! I live on a small horse farm. I will be putting my coop next to my...