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Put my 5 year old back in coop she started a fight wirh my younger ones and then they started fighting took her back out and put her in kennel in run during the day and put her in a cat kennel in coop at night. How long will it take to integrate her back in she was in the house for 2 weeks she...

I have 5 adult chickens and 4 18 week olds, and two of the 18 weeks old are starting to lay but the other two are not, I have oyster shell available for the older ones, its been 4 years since I added more chickens and when can I start them all up on layer feed again? since the other two 18 week...

ok a friend can't keep her two chickens and I could take them I have 6 right now, I can take up to 8 or so total, so how long do they need to be separated and how to intruduce them I have a big dog kennel I could put them in the garage and then take them in back yard when others are out, one...

this was interesting on what happened tonight before dark ,chickens were out in back yard I was outside as well, and looked up and there were 6 ospreys flying over the house and back yard, our kids have a pool so I don't know if they were trying to figure out the pool for fish or not, but they...

how long should I feed medicated feed to my 12 almost 13 week old chickens? last time I kept the new ones on medicated for 9 weeks, and then switched them, this time I still have them on medicated at 12 weeks, they just started getting outside in the last two weeks, in a couple of weeks or so...

just a question, the last time I had chicks, and intergrated them with my big chicks, it was warmer year, in March and april, this year the chicks came early at the last week in feb or so, and it was too cold to be in garage, it was getting down to mid 20's at night and under 40 during the day...

this am one of my chickens is not eating or drinking and is acting sick, I seperated her out of the flock and put her in the house in a kennel, checked her to see if she was egg bound, not. she either just stands or lays down it happened pretty fast, cleaned out chicken coup, she also has...

will post new pics of my new babies they are now 11 weeks old slowly integrating them with the three bigger ones, very slowly they get to run around in the morning when I'm home before I let out the big girls, and now I have made them some space in the run, only during the day at night they go...

well my new baby chicks are now a month old have five of them, I mentioned before that one of them is smaller I mean way smaller. it is doing good feathering out but still way smaller than the others, it still at a month old has baby fuzz still and the side feathers are just starting to grow in...

a question here got some new chicks this spring last week, this week I have noticed that four of the chicks are now older not acting like babies anymore they are getting their feathers and very active but one chick she is still acting like a baby she is a rhode isl red and she is not getting her...

Been real busy with christmas and taking care of chickens and work. down to three chickens lost our pet chicken Newby this morning she was old, a funny story about her we found her as a homeless chicken, she layed eggs for that summer two years ago, then she quit and she layed four eggs this...

here in Eastern Washington it is going to get cold this week, maybe a little snow, won't stick much this time around. chickens are winterized now, have an electric water, container so we will see how that works. closed up some windows in coup but still plenty of air flow no drafts though. we...

my older hen is doing better since I de-wormed all the chickens, she is now pooping better, and is getting feisty again and she seems to feel lot better, so I guess the worming helped, still don't see worms in her poop at all, with dogs you usually see them in the feces, so I will de-worm them...

older hen don't know how old she is we just ended up with her three years ago she is on the downside of laying eggs, she laid four eggs this summer after not laying for a year, she had runny pooh to start with and puffed up feathers then her pooh is normal but then I noticed she is not pooping...

I have one of my older chickens seems to be having a hard time pooping she eats and drinks sometimes she looks like she does not feel well and other times seems ok, any suggestions