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I have had a few hens with bare spots from being plucked/pecked at and they have grown back... Little baby feathers started to grow back in after a created some boredom busters and now that they are out more its not such an issue. I guess im not to sure since i have not gone through a molt with...

That crazy lol way to much for a bird. I feel like they have some other birds that you can get other places for way less also.

How can you tell if one of your hens has a sour crop? I feel like one of my hens has a very large chest, like a tennis ball size. She is a barred rock and the whole flock will be a year in June. She seems to be acing normal. I noticed it because she seems to have some matted feathers in that...

$200.. per chick holy cats! :(

Where is Greenfire Farms located? I'm up in the great state of MN.

Has any one raised or had these beautiful black chickens? And if you have where have you bought them? I would love to have a few of them in my flock! :) They are the "lamborghini of poultry" everything about them is black .

My oats are not shelled they are home grown from one of the pastures and we had BUNCHES of extra so I thought I would put them to use. I have givin them oatmeal before for a nice warm treat on these cold Minnesota winter days and they LOVE it. Its all organic oatmeal with dried fruits in it, I...

I have been mixing whole oats with my chickens feed ( layer ) along with some black oilers and other little seeds they can pick through and they seem to love it. I read on her a while back about how whole oats can cause trouble in their crop? Someone had said that they soak their oats and let...

Ok thank you for the help! I'll have to find a small kennel tomorrow. Hope it works! I don't want to have to make her in to stew! And a MN winter is no time to hatch chicks

An elevated cage? Like a small dog kennel? Do you leave it in the coop? Will she be picked on when you let her out and for how long do you keep her in there?

Should I just keep pulling her from the nest? She is definitely trying to hatch air..

What about the other chickens behavior towards her? Is it because she hasn't been with the flock? Can you fix a broody hen?

Even though she isn't even laying on any eggs?

We have a hen that has been sitting in the same nest for at lest a week know... shes always in it. I have pulled her out of it a few times and she makes funny noises at us when we open the door or act like we are going to pet her. I have thought maybe she is broody but I have not pulled any eggs...

I have been having a problem with my ladies dumping out their food, and lots of waste of their crumbles and what ever other types of grains I feed. So I though I would share my NEW feeder! I saw this on pintrest awhile back and thought I need to try this! So for one of my Christmas presents my...

I fed medicated all they way up un-till they were just about ready to lay.

Is there such thing as medicated layer?

Instead of starting my own thread I thought I would ask this hear since its the topic of my question any way...I hope you don't mind. What exactly dose it mean to have a broody hen and can it make other hens broody? and can they be broody at any age? I think I may have one or two. Thank You! :)

I have 2 that have bald spots on the tail bases and the rest look like someone has been working work it and there little fluffy under feathers are all mussed up and oddly shaped. Dang birds always keep you guessing. I wish they could just tell you lol