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I realized my speckled sussex pullet was he at 3 weeks old (huge comb)...name changed from Mary to Marley.

They are doing what chickens do...eating everything and pooping on eveything. If you don't want them in certain areas, you need to fence them out.

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Perlite is nothing more than volcanic rock that has been heated and popped...a process similar to popping popcorn. Shouldn't be a problem at all.

I have 10 feral cats in my yard and none of them bother the chickens...as a matter of fact, I have seen them eating chicken food with the chickens.

They call them "CHICKENS" for a reason. They'll come out eventually.

My EEs loose their beards every year about this time...by late fall they are in full molt and in winter all the feathers come back including their beards and muffs.

I got my order of 12 chicks back in March, 2 of them Ameracaunas/EE. At day 3 or 4 I noticed one of them was really aggressive to the point that I named her Attila the Hen. Well, she turned out to be Attila the Him. Although he doesn't seem to be overly mean, he definitely is still aggressive...

I have Speckled Sussex, Welsummers, Black Australorps and Delawares...all are quiet and relatively friendly. I also have some very noisy Easter Eggers and a Rhode Island Red.

I have 2 Rouen ducklings and 11 chicks that have all been together since day one. They all hang out together and freak out if someone is missing. TOO Cute. They were 5 weeks old yesterday .

I had a little one (2-day old speckled sussex) doing the same thing about 4 weeks ago. I kept it cleaned off and applied a little preparation H to the red area for a few days. She is doing really well...a little smaller than the rest, but very healthy and no more problems.

I hope things will be okay...I have been adding parakeet grit to the chick starter because the chicks and a couple of ducklings were eating some of the shavings as well as their food. Thought they might need it to help digest the wood.

I am using my wood shavings to cover the pathway in my veggie garden. The manure will leach out and go into the root systems of the plants.

I placed my order with Ideal last Friday for 12 pullets: 2 Ameraucanas (Easter Eggers), 2 Black Australorps, 2 Delawares, 2 Speckled Sussex, 2 Welsummers and 2 Gold Sex Links. They have a shipping date of March 10. This is my first ever order. The chickens I have now were given to me by a...

Pet waste: chicken owners should be held to the same standards are dog owners. Chicken poop 1000 times a day. Manure sinks. Although chickens do seem to poop a lot, they do NOT poop 1,000 times per day. And, I agree that dog poo smells way worse than chicken poop.

Quote: Glad I was wrong! Love your coop!

Your coop looks great, but I have a question. Isn't cedar toxic to chickens? I hope I am wrong!

I was having similar issues with standard 12-inch by 12-inch nest boxes with straw on the bottom. The hens didn't have enough room. I switched to using jumbo sized covered cat litter boxes with straw on the bottom and have not had anymore squished eggs unless the shell is really, really thin. MB