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I have 6 new chicks, around 3 months old now, and my ONE adult hen is bullying the heck out of them. They have all been sharing the same space for about a month now. Started with them separated but in the same area and then moved to everyone together. The daytime isn't so bad bc we have a big...

I have a 10 week old chicken that has been seeming rather tired the last 2 days. Not lethargic constantly, but napping more than the others and put herself to bed for the night an hour early. Also her poops are basically just water. She sits a little puffed with her bum kind of in the air and...

We just bought the premier poultry net. I haven't powered it up yet, but I was wondering if my 9 week old chicks will still be able to get through the holes when it is electrified? Is it electrified just above the bottom string?

My buff has some dried poop on her feathers under her vent... no sign of infection or anything. Does this require a bath or will it work itself out? Thx!

I'm 99% positive my Roo has worms... He has watery poop with these nasty little white larvae looking things in it. I've given him safeguard twice in the last month, about a week apart and still the nasty poop. He is showing no other signs really... The occasional nap maybe but I catch them all...

We are converting half our shed into a coop to give our flock more space. My first question is about temperature: the shed has 2 decent windows and then 2 small vents in the eaves which we plan to expand a little, but even w all that it gets fairly warm in the summer in there. I plan to open...

This is only the first day I've noticed these symptoms so maybe I'm overreacting, but I thought I'd post anyway. My Roo has seemed a bit off today... Twice I've found him sleeping up against the house on his own - all puffed up on one foot, and he seems to have pretty watery poop (no blood that...

We are setting up a new coop for our chickens in a few weeks and I have no idea how I'm going to move our 2 guineas that live w them. I have only been able to catch one once since they matured and I held on to him for exactly 5 seconds before he escaped my hands w his strong wings. Any suggestions??

Hi! I'm seriously considering getting a couple Nigerian dwarf goats (I want smaller goats). I was thinking of eventually using them as dairy goats but decided that probably wasn't realistic for me... I have 3 children, 5 and under and husband isn't exactly on board w the whole hobby farm thing...

I want to do some landscaping in the new fenced area we are making for the chickens. I've seen plenty of lists of toxic plants I shouldn't include, but the only shrub/plant I've seen that the chickens won't destroy is a butterfly bush. Are there any other safe bushes/flowers I can plant that...

Right now I have my compost pile fenced off to keep the kids, dog, and chickens out. We are adjusting our chicken setup this spring to make a fenced area around the coop/run for the birds to forage in. I was wondering if I could/should but the compost pile in the new area for them to dig...

My small flock that was free ranging was attacked by some foxes and now I just have one scared male guinea. I finally got him back in the coop/run but I don't know what to do w him! I won't be getting more birds for a few months and I decided not to get any more guineas because I feel they just...

We have a coop that sits on a 4x10' run... It's is very secure but I want to build a larger fenced area around it to give them some more space during the day. Our main daytime predator is a fox... What's the best way to keep him out? We were free-ranging and a fox (or 2) got 4 in one day.

We started in the spring with 4 chickens and 4 guineas... Made it all through the summer and most of the fall with no problems, but since thanksgiving we have lost 2 guineas and 1 chicken. The first 2 just disappeared (1 hen, 1 guinea) but today my husband found a dead guinea with what appeared...

I am so confused... So occasionally one or two of my guineas (I have 4) sleep on top of the coop. The other morning when we got up the one male that slept on the roof had disappeared. We have never lost one before but with it being colder I figured he was an easy target and an owl or something...

I feel like there must be a secret poop cleaning tool out there that will make my life so much easier - please help! We have 4 chickens and 4 guineas, all of which free range during the day. Our coop is the coop-over-run design, with an open floor in the coop and then the run is about 5'x10'...

Hi all... Newcomer here. We are putting up our coop for our 4 hens and 4 guineas in a couple weeks and just wondering if our plan to keep out diggers will work: we are going to take some old 18"x18" slate pavers and put them all around the base - basically sit the run on them so they stick out...