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I have no idea if they stand when they lay an egg. I think I would have guessed they sit.

Just came home a few days ago with month old Emu chicks. Any advice? I am feeding them Flock Raiser Mash. I let them out in a small, 4' x 4' covered cage during the day, while we build a bigger run. I bring them in at night to a small cage to be sure they stay warm. They seem healthy now. Any...

Well, it keeps me up on my dictionary skills.

A few handfulls thrown out on the ground. Yes, I pull the eggs out a couple times a day. I have noticed they don't seem to eat their food as well as they were before I gave them the scratch. Should I quit the scratch. I gave it to them as a treat and thought it might keep them busy, didn't...

I had all kinds of animals as a kid. Was in 4-H but only did the non-animal thing in 4-H. So I didn't learn a lot to help me now. Found your site when I needed help. 11 months new to raising chickens. Sadly, I don't know what kind I have. I have some white ones, some black and white, some red...

My chickens are about 11 months old. Lost none raising them. In the last, about three weeks, lost one a week. Put them to bed at night in there fairly big, 6x6x12 foot house. I have always locked them in at night. No high roost. No change in food .Plenty of water. I will say, I think it may have...

Thanks. Actually my "old-timer-farmer-friend" with all due respect, came over and quicker than ever grabbed her, clipped her beak, her wings, and said what one poster said, "I would have clipped her at the neck, but this should take care of the problem". Poof it was over. Anyway I had called her...

Yes, I was hoping that over night while she sleeps it will heal. Although if that is not long enough, blinders sound like a good idea. Poor girl.

I hate to even say it happened. I have a hen that was eating eggs. I was going to toss her to the wild but couldn't do it. So we clipped her beak and it is bleeding slightly. Is this horrible? Will she just heal? I feel like an awful chicken mom.