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So what would you use instead j/w? Our chickens even get organic feed. We live in MN as well :)

Where do you get the Sevin dust? Thanks for the advice :)

Iv'e got chickens too but now when I look close a few of them are losing feather I think we may have mites...Any advice I bought some DE to add to the coop. How much do I add or go about doing it?

I guess I was just surprised since it is so cold since we live in up North MN for it to roost outside the coop where it is nice and cozy. I would consider clipping wings but out chickens our free range and I like to try and give them a small fighting chance if something tries to get them. Out of...

We have 4 chickens that are laying hens we added my 12 chicks about a month ago at 10 weeks. Anyways one of the chicks went missing on Tuesday. We were not super surprised as ours are free range however it randomly showed up in the coop at the end of today... Anyone else ever have this happen...

After Monday my chickens have not stepped foot outside.

Mine want to go out in the snow we got 12" of snow up here in MN. Is this normal?

Not sure I'm new to chickens but in Freezing Mn we really have not much daylight but my chickens are still laying so far. I turn on a light at about 6 am to make sure they are for sure getting light 12 hours a day. In the winter I will probably have to turn it on at abut 4 am to get 12 hours of...

Out of 4, 22 week old chicks 4 eggs. And it will only be 55 out today

That is helpful news we live in northern MN and it gets so cold here. It is our first winter with chickens. I have not used any heat lamps yet even though it's been about 20 at night. My chickens are starting to look real fluffy.

I'm from Mn in Alexandria...This is my first winter with chickens as well.

So after 48 hours in the mail I got my new day old baby chicks yesterday morning! Out of 15 I have one that wont eat and can barley stand up. Any advice or ideas? I've tried feeding her out of a baby dropper and she wont take the food.

The 2 weeks took so long I thought maybe my chicken was hiding them lol

I got one egg and took 2 weeks to get another. Since mine went into mault now I've gotten 2 eggs in 2 days :)

You may laugh but currently my chickens are laying in these : http://www.walmart.com/ip/Whitmor-6581-2711-ESPR-Espresso-Woven-Shelf-Basket/19869304 I filled the bottom with dirt to make them heavy added pine chips to the top. Used a old bookcase flipped it on it's side and put these on top :)

I'm sure the month of January they will be spending most of the month in the coop. So after 2 weeks with no eggs I caught the chicken laying a egg in the nest box in the coop yesterday. She was really proud of her egg. Went and checked today and another egg :) So 2 weeks with no egg and 2 days...

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Rubbermaid-14-Gallon-56-Quart-Access-Medium-Tote-Set-of-2/23014750?veh=dsn&wmlspartner=criteo&sourceid=cricpa123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz I thought these totes may work...If I can pop off the clear front? Any input?

That does not sound like a horrible Idea However I have no timer but I could set my alarm I may try it in the morning

I live in MN a week and a day ago my chicken laid her 1st egg at 17 weeks. I have not seen another egg since is this normal? I got the first egg in the coop but my chicks are free range during the day the roam around my yard only go in when the sun starts to set. Any advice? I have searched my...

I just put a egg in the nesting box hoping mine would get a hint