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hey what do you do when a chicken starts going through molting? ive never dealt with it. anything extra they need? heeeelp! tahnk you! its an ameracauna, on all organic food. freerange (in a run) thanks!

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Hi, i need advice on an automatic chicken door. After about a year I'm plum sick of gettng up early and opening the chicken door and closing it at night. What and how can I get or make a cheaply priced chicken door? any ideas? thanks!

Hi everyone! I was wondering what other household things you can use besides buying leg bands for the chickens. I need to tell a few apart but the feed store is out of legbands. I dont want to unintentially use something that will hurt them. thought you guys would have some ideas! thanks!

ok guys...i have a 3X4X4 coop for three chickens...then they have a run. I have a 100 watt red flood light in there...and it doesnt seem to be doing hardly anything. I dont have insulation or anything. would a 250 watt be TOO hot?

I got in the Backyard Poultry magazine! Check it out! Does this mean I'm published?

how cold should it be before you turn on the heat lamp? I have an 80 watt flood light in there...but last night before I went to bed it was only 12 degrees in there WITH the light on. When should I turn the light on and should I get a higher wattage? I only have three chickens and a small...

hey. I have a small enough coop for three chickens...they keep themselve pretty warm with body heat..but I just bought a red 85 watt flood light for when it gets really super cold. I could not find a regular red light under 250 watts..adn above 25 watts. Waht is the difference between a...

Questions..I was wondering where to get a little door that i can set to a timer. Does anyone know any good CHEAP automatic doors for the coop? thanks!

I have a RIR who is just awful. she is so mean. she WAS the sweet nice one out of the three hens i have, but now she is just a jerk. she has made me bleed THREE times and only three becuase all the other times I get away. Whenever they are free ranging and i go into the run to clean she traps...

we are mid wicked snow storm in denver here and my ameracauna laid her first egg! Shes 25 weeks tomorrow! YAYYY! not that I'm ungratefull...but... its a super light brown...i thought they were spose to be green or blue..or red.. will they turn that color after shes been laying for awhile? I got...

hey, i have three 6 month old chickens in a smller coop..i have light in the coop that is on a timer in the mornings..but im worried about the times i will have to keep them warm. i want ot get a red light for warming..but i cant seem to find one under 250 watts and above 25 watts. i feel like...

My ameracauana and blue andelusian are at least 24 weeks and are not laying..they have been doing the squat submit thing for two weeks or so. Is there are reason they arent laying yet? I feed them Organic feed and give them whatever is left of my oatmeal in the mornings (mon-fri) and give them...

hey, I was wondering what a good size for 7 chickens is, how many nest boxes, how big of a run..etc. thanks!

not sure what that stuff is called but its like mesh wiring or something. people use on the runs of the coops or window so that nothing can get their hands through and grab a chicken. what is called? where can I get it? I caught a squarrel in my closed up run and watched it shimmy its way...

I have a RIR blue andelusian and an Ameracauna. they are all about 23 weeks..the Ameracauna a little older maybe. The RIR has been laying for a few weeks now...but the other two have not! when oh when will the other two start laying???

hey, I was thinking of buying a heated water fountain for my chickens, but all I can find it is a plastic one that you have to fill from the bottom..which seems inconvenient.. what a bout heated dog bowls? would that work? If so..what kind of wattage do you need? What if the weather gets below...

hey guys. this is my first winter and I have a small flock in the back yard. 3 in a smaller coop (big enough for 4) that is off the ground and then they have a run. I was wondering if people could give me a few cheap tips on keeping them warm, water freezing etc. Thanks!

can a chicken lay more than one egg a day? Is it uncommon?

Will the chickens be ok? I have three, its not insulated, but it is a small coop with deep litter. I am new and worried that they will die. I have a lamp in there but the watts are 75 and dont think I should turn it on because it may get too hot!