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I'm on my third batch of laying hens, and this time around I did the same thing I did the first time and got 6 Golden Comet chicks. The first time I had Comets they were incredibly friendly and incredible layers. So this time I got another 6 chicks....but I'm starting to think that one may be...

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where did you get the protein block? cant seem to find it online. and Boss?

we feed them layer crumbles, make sure they have water, we let them free range when its not winter so they can eat ticks, bugs, grass etc...we clean the coop, replace the wood chips, hay in the laying area etc etc. Question is do you do anything else like to keep them mite, bug free...do you...

do you think all the other chickens would have the same thing on them if it were mites? Guess we will clean out coop, dust it with DE, give her a DE bath? and get some Blue Kote to put on her? what would you do if it were your chicken?

One of Hen (either a Black Australorp or Jersey Giant...I can't tell the two apart) has a bare spot on her back near her tail where the skin is quite red and raw. We first noticed it in early spring after the snow melted and the chickens started to free range again. I was thinking it might...

Ridgerunner - The area that I"m going to build the coop on is slopped so drainage shouldn't be an issue (most of my land is slopped...not looking forward to leveling the area by hand....already done that twice for a shed and a swingset). This drainage, combined with a Roof on the Run itself...

So this Spring I plan on getting 4-6 'Golden Comet' Pullets to raise for eggs (I love eggs....). I've be reading through this site and the forums, and I own and have read through a portion of Storey's "Raising Chicken" book as well to get ideas on Coop and Run ideas. I live in Maine and...

That's the breed (Red Sex Link / Golden Comet / etc.) I was looking at trying out for my first attempt at raising a few chickens. How is their temperment? I have a 3 year-old daughter and I was curious how they would be around her as they get old (and as she gets older). Also, how do they...

Hello everyone. A few years back my wife and I bought our first house out in the countryside of Poland, Maine (where Poland Spring Water comes from) and I've been thinking about trying my hand and raising a few chickens to get some fresher eggs (the wife who is an avid animal lover has 'axed'...