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Just noticed this today. Looks bad...?

They break very easily, so much so just picking them up sometimes breaks them. Also cracking them to eat they splinter and spread instead of cracking. Since she started laying there has always been malformations on the eggs, it's almost as if the calcium is having a hard time forming around and...

We're planning on adding 4-6 new chickens to our flock of four so we want to keep them separate for a couple of weeks while they get used to each other. I was thinking of just building a little run, maybe 6x10x2 next to the coop to keep them safe and so they can see each other but not touch or...

So we had a flock of three and we purchase three more from a local "reputable" place as pullets. Within a month one looked horrible and died and another 2 months later another just died out of the blue and the third (pictured) looks pretty rough compared to the rest of my flock. Is she just...

I was browsing mcmurray and they have 20 week old pullets, I was curious how they're shipped since that seems unsafe. I'd love to do it though since I hate raising chicks.

She's been acting weird for weeks, stays out by herself in the corner and doesn't move and yesterday I noticed she was staying in the coop and her leg was just off to the side and she hasn't moved since then but today I checked on her and her head is all wet/bloody. Are the other hens pecking...

Yesterday I went to clean the coop and I found eight eggs in the corner of the coop, not in the nesting box (We have three chickens). They're pretty small so they still appear to be starter eggs but today I've found nothing so is it normal for them to have days off? We did have a party yesterday...

I need to pick up a new bag of food and next month we'll be getting three new 8 week old chicks. Our existing flock is three ~22 week chicks that are about to start laying. Since there is no way to separate them I'll need food that they both can eat, what do you recommend?

It started with one, she would perch on the edge of the door and look out over the run and the door would come down, push her out and she was stuck. I put a camera to watch and the last two nights they are all hanging out right in the door and if I don't go out there an try to get them in (which...

By law we can't have roosters so he's got to go before he starts to crow. I would like to see him live out his life but once he leaves what you do with him is up to you.

I doubt I actually need an automatic door since I went overboard of the predator proofing but it helps me sleep at night and it's a fun project. My project has a few things that I have yet to see in other projects that I wanted. WiFi enabled with an app so I can open/shut and check the status...

Done as in "good enough". I have some upgrades already planned but they chickens have been in there for a couple of weeks and all is well. Built for 10 but I only have four right now. Happy tenants

At six weeks I moved them out to the coop and there they switched to nipples. I showed them how and have witnessed them all use it at least once so I know they know it's there but I filled the bucket half way (2.5 gallons) last week and over a week it doesn't look like that much has be removed...

They smell and it's time to get them out of the house. I have the coop built but it still gets in the 40's at night here and I'm not sure if they'll be okay with that. I have the Eco glow but that says it needs 50 degrees to operate so I'm not sure if that will break if I put it out there with them.

I'm so worried about this. I have 1/2" hardware cloth everywhere that I can see and I have it screwed in but I'm worried I'll move my chickens in and find them dead a week later from a hole I missed. I was thinking of baiting the coop with something yummy inside to see if anything can get in to...

When I was designing it in SketchUP it looked much smaller but once I put the walls up everyone's reacting with "that's huge" and I have to agree, it looks huge. I built it to hold 12 but we only have four to start.

Do they need the fence for the first couple of weeks, when are they big enough to jump the pool? I plan on keeping them in here for six weeks, will they be big enough to fly out by then? It's 3' high. Should I just bring them home and put them right under the heater? Do the beak dip first or do...

To anyone that has one, is this normal? It seems like if the chicks need it 95 degrees that the unit being warm to the touch wont work and I'm wondering if I have a broken unit. I put my digital thermostat under it (ground level) and it's reading 67 when the room temp is 62 so it's doing...

I'm building what I've code named "Coop Control" to monitor my coop. The circuit currently contains the following sensors but I'm curious from the people who have owned a coop for a while what things they would also find useful if it was possible. Current design Temperature indoor run...

I have a large paved section that was probably used for a boat or something before our time but it's right where I'd like to put the coop so I could either try to dig it up or just put the coop on top. It's a little sloped so I'd have to use pavers or something to level it out but what are the...