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I only have 3 Rhode Island Reds, well now 2; although they are 4 years old, they still lay well and are real beauties - I bragged about my chickens a-plenty. Never sick, hardy and real sweethearts. I was shocked when I came to give them their early evening snack of mealy worms and gathered...

She definitely seems much better today but she is not 100%. She is not holding her wings as tight against her body as the other girls and she seems a little off balance. She is eating and drinking normally.

No she wasn't vaccinated for Mareks disease, Hubby and I went away for most of the afternoon for a big family Easter dinner and I wasn't even changed out of my Easter finery before I hurried to check on her as soon as we got home. She is walking now although her feathers still appear "fluffed"...

I have three Rhode Island Reds and they have been super healthy for the year they have been here. All was well yesterday. Today I found one of the girls just sitting on the ground and not walking around at all. She has her wings spread out. Her eyes look fone, respiration is fine, and she is...

Thanks! That sounds do-able!

I saw a Facebook post about the amazing benefits of fermented feed. Great! I will try anything to keep my ladies happy and healthy. But the more sites I go to and the more threads I read, the more confused I get. I do understand that you cover the feed with unchlorinated water (we have well...

After Thanksgiving, I "wrapped" the chickens' outside pen in greenhouse film. As the film has a four year warranty, I carefully cut the pieces and attached them with furring strips and screws so I can re-use the film next winter as well. SO far it has been working quite well. The film keeps the...

It is bitter cold here, a wind chill of -10F. The girls have a water fount heater inside their coop, but I learned the hard way you cannot use ACV with a metal fount so I got a new one when the old one started to rust. So I have a plastic water fount in their attached outside pen, that I have...

Today I got 3 eggs from 3 chickens. Some days I get 1 or 2, once in a great while I get none, but considering it is the dead of winter and they get no supplemental light, I'm happy. One day last week I got FOUR from 3 chickens. Now how the heck does that happen?

Here's the first egg got last summer. I was so proud, I posted it on Facebook! BTW, that is my cat sanctuary in the background.

Hi! I am in South-central PA, Perry County to be exact. This is my first time with chickens but this Arctic blast has me worried!

This is my first time with chickens and I am loving it! I only wish I had more chickens! I am doing my best to raise them to be happy and healthy. All summer and fall I gathered dandelion greens, plantain, and sunflower sprouts from under the feeders and they loved them. They adored the...

I am loving the pictures! I took two pics of the pen with my cell phone right before the sun set. The coop door leads into the pen. The greenhouse film is not stapled on BTW, it is attached with furring (???) strips and screws as it has a 4 year warranty and I figure the pieces will be...

OMG - I just started reading about predators in the learning center and here I thought my security was pretty darn good. And that feeder in the outdoor pen will now be brought inside at night. I am a worrier by nature and and if wasn't 2 AM I would be out there right now!

Ah the coop door. The one great disappointment. As my hubby is NOT handy at all, I had a former student who does projects for me build the coop and pen and he did not understand what I wanted in terms of a coop door. So he sawed the shed door that leads to their pen so the bottom third opens. I...

I had metal mesh ( don't know the proper name) installed all along the bottom of the shed where there was a slight gap between the shed floor and the ground. The pen has good fencing (I was cautioned NOT to use chicken wire) that goes several inches below the pen into the ground. An added bonus...

I have not seen and condensation at all in the pen or on the greenhouse film. It is at least 8 ft. high (maybe a bit more) and that gap between the building and the frame of the pen is enough that I can easily see the sky. I go in the pen at least twice a day to give them their greens and...

Thanks! My ladies are very loving. although Delores is a bit bossy. They are still laying wonderful delicious eggs even in the "dead of winter", about 2 or 3 a day. One day last week I found 4 eggs from my 3 ladies which puzzled the hell out of me. I am trying to believe that they will be OK...

Hi! My name is Dee and I have three lovely ladies - Delores, Henrietta, and Gisella. Since I named them, I have no doubt they will live to be very old, non-productive chickens. This pic was take in their pen in the fall. Now it is winter and I have the pen "wrapped" in greenhouse film and...

I have three Rhode Island Reds which produce plenty of eggs for my husband and I. I had a coop built for them (around 6' by 8') in a corner of an old shed we have and they have three nesting boxes, 2 perches, and areas for food and water, as well as a nice large window. I also had a nice large...