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I know this question is probably stupid, but I am wondering about this for awhile, so I thought I would ask all of you experts. Why are some of my eggs really smooth and some are so rough that I wonder how the poor hen isn't in pain. Is this normal? If not, what am I doing wrong? Thank you...

Guess I am looking for someone to tell me that my Roo will be O.K. I think he was hit by a car on Sunday. When we found him he was hopping on one leg. His tail feathers are completely gone and he can"t seem to stand. Looks like one of his wings is also gone. I put him in a large dog crate...

I had the same problem. I have 12 chickens in an 8x8 coop and the smell of amonia was so strong is choked me right tight. I took all the deep litter (pine shavings) out and it still stunk. I then put down about a cup of lime and just a layer of shavings and it smells wonderful in there. No...

Hi....Mine use both doors. I let them out into the run in the morning thru the chicken door. Later when I think they are done laying, I open the people door. They always come back when it starts to get dark and use the people door if it is open or othewise go around the coop and go into the...

I got my first blue/green egg today. One of my EE's laid for the first time. She is 20 weeks old today. So far up to 4 eggs a day. Yippee!

Yes, I have eaten my extra roos. It helped that I didn't process them, I found someone who does it for $2.00 a bird. It also helped that as soon as I knew they were roos, I didn't play with them. I named them, Fried, Grilled, Roasted, Baked....etc. But seriously, it was a bit hard at first...

Thanks for your response. I like the idea of shredded newspaper. Does the black print cause problems for the hens? Heard that cedar isn't good for chickens. I do the deep litter method for the floor, but wasn't sure how the shavings would work in nesting boxes. Any other suggestions?

Hi, sorry this may be a really stupid question, but here goes.... I have hay in my nesting boxes, and it seems to be disappearing. Maybe they are eating it? What is a good material to use? Something that is soft but they can manipulate into a nest? Would fallen leaves (Lord knows there are...

WoooHooo......One of my girls gave me my first egg today. Needless to say I am so eggcited Only bad thing is...she laid it in the corner of the coop and it broke. I leave for vacation today, so this was the BEST going away gift ever. I told her to be a good girl and lay in the nest box, so...

The hen was not screaming at all. She just sat (laid) there like a good girl. The hens have small red combs and wattles (just in the last month) and the last couple of weeks their faces are turning red. She didn't seem to mind what he was doing, so I am hoping eggs are coming soon.

I know, this may be a really dumb question, but I have never had chickens before, so I don't know. Today I saw my rooster doing his thing (the hoochie coo) with one of my hens. My question is, does that come before she lays eggs? She is 16-17 weeks and I have yet to find eggs, so I was...

Hope someone out there can give me some advice on keeping my chickens out of my flower beds. They have tore up all my flowers, (impaitients, pansy, petunia, begonias....you name it, they tear it up), now they are starting on my perrenial beds. Any ideas on how to keep them away from my flowers...

Loved it! Thanks for the "jump" start to my day!

Just need to vent a bit here. For the first time ever I had to take 6 of my roosters to get butchered. I thought if I didn't name them, I wouldn't get attached to them and therefore it wouldn't bother me to butcher them. Boy was I wrong. It was very hard. I really got attached to them, but...

From what I was told 95 degrees the first week, then lower temp 5 degrees each week until 70 degrees. Worked for me. Never lost a chick. Of course it being summer, I stopped using the heat lamp when the temp by the chicks was the same as the outside temp. Good luck with your babies.

Hoping someone can help me out. A few weeks ago I asked what breed of chickens I have here. No one could tell me for certain, had many opinions (ThankYou everyone), but now they are a bit bigger, so I thought I would ask again. Does anyone have any ideas?

Mine are about 9 weeks old and have been free ranging for a couple of weeks now. They never go too far from the coop and always go back into the coop to eat, drink and they go in on their own in the evening...put themselves to bed. I was told by a guy who raises chickens to always feed and...

I had 90 degrees today and was worried about my chickens as I had to put them in the coop early due to a storm. I remembered that I had a fan that was battery operated that fit on my dogs crate. I found it, after the storm passed I reopened the window and put that fan in it to draw in some of...

I heard that if you take a dish and put in antifreeze, a can of coke and marshmellows that is suppose to take care of woodchucks. Heard that from an old guy that works for the forest service that has to deal with chucks all the time. They are suppose to just love the coke and marshmellows and...

Thanks for the question. I was wondering too. I don't want to put my fingers "in" any part of one of my poor chickens