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I have 5 week old chicks that need to go outside. The thing is, it's in the 30s at night. Is that too cold for them? I brought them in last night because it got down in the upper 20s. They don't have much of a shelter, it's a doghouse with shavings in a fenced off part of the run, to protect...

I've been giving my chickens poultry booster over the winter since they were having a feather picking problem which members told me was probably a mineral deficincy. Now that' it's warm out and they can free range again, should I still feed it? Or can I stop? I'm almost out and need to know if I...

I was looking for red sex links about 16 weeks or so because I could use the eggs. Couldn't find pullets anywhere. Went to the local Aqway and Squeeeee! A big tub of red sex link chicks. I took 12. I'll have to wait for the eggs but oh well, we can't have everything. By the time I got them home...

Looking to add some ducks to my chicken flock. Any recommendations? Which are good breeds in that they're not too huge, messy, noisy or aggressive? Do they sell duck feed the way I buy chicken feed? Please give me some advice.

When I heard what some people were getting for duck eggs I said "I need to get me some ducks!" Would they be able to live with my chickens? What kind of ducks should I get? What are your thoughts?

Someone advised me to get a goose for my small chicken flock. She said what great protectors and watchdogs they are and that if I have a goose my chickens will never be bothered by critters. Tempting. Can a goose live with chickens? Do they have different housing/dietary needs? And if so, what...

My chickens have started picking at each other's feathers! Why are they doing this? They chase each other around and yank out a feather. Now I have one chicken with a bald butt, one with a bald patch on her back, and my silkie has a bald patch on her head! Why are they doing this and how do I...

I went out to the coop and found two eggs! My chickens just turned 20 weeks so I wasn't really looking so soon, but boy was I egg-cited! The lighter one I think is by Puff, my silkie. I don't know which of my Dominiques or orpingtons laid the other one. Yay! The quarter is for size reference...

My coop is 8x12, the run is 10x20. I used the beams from the upstairs deck as frames for the walls. The windows I found in the old shed. My house is an old farmhouse, and the back of the house is an old woodroom leading to the outside. I built the coop onto the woodroom, so it is attached to the...

I have 6 ten week old partridge silkies, sweet, healthy, spoiled. As they are growing it is evident that 4 are roosters. I can't keep that many roosters so am offering three of them free to a nice home. They are friendly and quiet, haven't started crowing, and get along with the other chickens...

I posted on another thread about two of my 3 week old chicks disappearing. After more than 24 hours I found one! Huddled and miserable (it had rained overnight) and with a wing hanging down. The last chick is still unaccounted for. She's eating and drinking but still stands puffed out. what...

Hey Katelyn, I went to the Fonda fair and made a point to chek out your mallards. They are beautiful! Did they win anything? I should have entered my Dominiques after all, the two entries they had were pretty sad. Well, next year.

I put my 5 three week old chicks in their temporary outdoor pen this morning. It is attached to the chicken run so that everyone can get used to each other before they join the big chickens in a week or two. I go out for a few hours and when I came back they were gone! I eventually recovered...

I just built a coop 12' by 8'. I added a run of 10x10. Is that enough space for my 16 chickens? The coop should be roomy enough but the run doesn't look very large to me. Any advice?

I just got some new baby chicks yesterday and I'm a little worried. They don't seem very lively. They will eat and drink but they are always laying down sleeping. I remember my last chicks puttering around and these guys seem pretty exhausted. I put a little sugar in their water. Are they OK...