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I know this has been asked a few times. We had two Black Australorps (10 months old). One was killed the other day. My current chicken is trying to create a pecking order with my dogs. I assume because she needs a buddy. I have found another approx 1 year old hen to add (cream legbar). I...

I dont have access to electricity for my coop. I let my 2 chickens free range in the day. Our winters will get in the 10-20s at night. I was planning on leaving my poop door open and closing the main vent to prevent a direct draft. I really dont want to add a heater to the coop (heat and pine...

I am ready to do my coop cleaning (first time for deep clean). The inside of my coop is plywood and I am not excited about spraying the interior with a water hose. I have a removable floor cover in glass board I was going to clean the coop with vinegar and H2O2. I was going to scrap off and...

My black australorps are around 17 weeks. The past two weeks their combs have gotten red and waddles have formed. how can I tell when they will get close to laying? I had to barricade the nesting boxes several weeks ago to keep them from sleeping in them. I guess I should open those back...

lesson learned. Cardboard does NOT keep them out of the nesting box. They pushed it back and are both laying in the same box. One of top of the other. I just left them. I was afraid that if I grabbed the big girl they would freak and increase risk of injury........we will find out if a...

We have had our black aussies for 1.5 weeks (12 weeks of age). They seem to tolerate us better everyday. It helps if I have watermelon or mealworms. I swear that must be like crack to chickens. They are trying to determine who is the dominate bird. Having little tiffs here and there. The last...

thanks everyone.

I have two 11 week old black australorps. I have had them for around 1 week. They finally don't seem to hate me and they tolerate my wife. I am considering letting them out of the run in the next week and roam part of the back yard. My privacy fence is 6ft. I really don't want to jump the...

whew. they managed to put themselves to bed. I wasn't sure how I was going to coax them out from under the coop (run is about 2 feet high under the coop).

Found someone locally to get my 10 wk old pullets. He even drove them to my house and dropped them off.

Thanks. Once I got them to eat out of my hand they figured out where the feeder was located. They also drank water in the coop. My coop is a 4x4 with a glassboard floor so I cant really get in to coax them out. The smaller is more confident than the other. Im sure they are a little stressed...

I have two 10wk old black australorps. They have remained in the coop for the first 48 hours and will not venture into the run (one looked out the door). Granted its a pretty nice coop....I realize they will eventually get use to their environment and come out and this is normal behavior. Do...

thanks Alan

I am looking at starting my backyard flock. I have decided that I would rather start started pullets . My question is what to look for when purchasing (vaccination, lack of debeaking, etc). Do most people get them online from a hatchery or locally?