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I had 4 hens, and one of them recently passed away for an unknown reason. I was going to get a few more next spring, but I have family in Arkansas which have many chickens. They are offering to send 2 hens home with my grandparents, and they are constantly free-ranged there. I live in MN and...

I just got my first egg from my rhode island red on Saturday at about 2:00pm, so I was expecting one by at least 5:00pm yesterday. Now it is Monday at 6:30pm and still haven't gotten a 2nd egg ?? The only reason I thought of was that she didn't get enough calcium in her grower/starter feed ?

I have four hens, which are just starting to lay eggs. One of them, which is at the bottom of the pecking order, sleeps on the floor of the coop every night. We have a run attached to our coop, and we close the run door, but not the coop door. Would that be why she sleeps there ? (There is...

Hello, I am in centerville, MN. I just finally convinced my mom to let me get chickens, but the permit here only allows 4 hens and no roosters. I now have 2 RIRs and 2 black australorps. They are almost 11 weeks old. I am still working on moving to the country, so hopefully that happens soon and...

I am new to chicken raising, and I thought it would be cool to create a schedule for things that you need to do daily, weekly, monthly, and annually. It would be very helpful for both me and all other new chicken raisers. I also thought you guys could just post some things to put on it and if it...

I just built their coop, and we moved it to the spot we wanted it. This is almost the lowest spot in the yard, and we live near a pondy/marshy area. I was wondering if there is any way to dry it out to let them dust bathe and prevent some diseases ?

I have 4 chicks that are 3 weeks old in a 3*4 brooder and I want to know how often I should replace the shavings ? I also bought some #1 grit and want to know when I will need #2 grit ? Thank you!

I just got 4 baby chicks that are all less than a week old. They have pine shavings in their brooder, but I am going to put rough sand in their future coop. Is it okay to boil some sand from outside for their temporary grit ?