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I can only have 4 hens (space and city code). Will she ever get over it?

I have four hens. My Buff Orpington will not leave the nest, puffs up and acts crazy when I take the eggs and will not leave the coop to enjoy time in the yard. I have picked her up and dumped her out but she just stays where I dump her. Has she lost her mind? This has been going on for weeks!

As my eight-year-old says, "Chillax". Churkenduse you made your point (over and over) but I still listen to old farmers and people who have raised chickens for years. Research is great but we sure get a bit carried away some times. Weeds and cabbage. I think I am going to continue to offer...

I haven't had much luck getting old produce from grocery stores so I have been buying produce for my chickens for treats. Aside from scratch and their pellets, is there something yummy I could buy at a feed store so we can get through the winter? My winter produce bill is starting to add up.

I think what is stressing me out is I don't want them to get too hungry and stop laying my delicious eggs! I also feel aweful because they get so excited to see me because they think they are getting some treats and all I do is tap the feeder and tell them to eat their pellets:hit

I bought pellet feed instead of the crumble feed and my hens refuse to eat it! I am cutting them off from treats until they get hungry enought to eat the pellets. Is that a stupid idea? Will they starve themselves? I think my hens are going to win this battle.

Last night my favorite and friendliest chicken named Nugget was sitting on my shoulder and I was talking to her. Suddenly she cocked her head, looked right in my eye and pecked my contact lense out! It didn't hurt my eye but she ate my contact lense! I love having her on my shoulder but I...

I usually just toss their treats on the coop floor but I thought hanging a cabbage might entertain them a bit. They only get about an hour a day of free ranging.

I was wondering what people use to hang cabbage heads and broccoli from their coop to entertain and give treats to their chickens. I am having a hard time coming up with something safe. Ideas?

This will be my first Winter with chickens. I have four laying hens. How cold is too cold? They have a "house" in their coop and I have pine shavings in there but I am unsure about when to hang a heat lamp.

I am glad you asked this question because I have two 3 month old chicks out in our coop and 2, 5 week old chicks that were in my garage. Well, the garage chicks flew out of their tub and have been pooping all over my garage for weeks. Between the poop and the extreme heat, I decided it was...

I am so glad you asked that question because I want my chicks (2) out of my garage and in the coop! My coop chicks are 3 months old and my garage chicks are 4 weeks old. I tried introducing them a while ago and had a disaster. I want to try again soon!!

I currently have 2, 8 week old chicks out in the coop and 2, 5 day old chicks living in my garage. When can I move the little chicks in with the older ones? My garage is getting really hot.

Just put my new chicks out in their coop and my two dogs will not leave them alone! They are biting the hardwire and circling the coop and barking! It is driving me crazy and making me nervous. Any suggestions? I thought about an invisible fence that would zap the dogs but they are...

We use pine shavings because my husband is horribly allergic to hay and straw. I would rather use the cheaper varieties of bedding and nesting but there you have it. We have one Rhode Island Red and One Plymouth Rock. This Saturday I am going to go get two more chicks (a Buff Orp and maybe a...

Yes, you can just see a tiny corner of it. We nailed a tree branch in. They are using it but only to hang out. I think they are still sleeping in the pine shavings.

Well, the coop and house are done! We have never built anything in our lives so any feedback/suggestions are welcome! Front of coop Back of coop. The "window' is just some holes we drilled in and a flap to cover the holes at night. Inside the house.

My chicks have been in their new house for two days now and last night after I shut them in their little house for the night my son came running in the house saying strange noises were coming from the coop. I went out there and I heard singing! Is that what they call trilling? Does that mean...