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The run is plenty big (I don't know the measurements) and the coop, while not generous, is adequate for FOUR birds. The hens did grow up together and (before the summer) got along fine. It's not a space issue, things got difficult after a few big changes. E.g. They spent the summer a couple...

Hi, I am assisting with a sort of peculiar chicken situation at a school where I teach. (I have chickens at home and it happens that the school has chickens as well!) The school has three hens and after a series of summer changes, they started fighting pretty badly (two picking on one). About...

Don't worry! No, I had a good chuckle about the bamboo suggestion but I would never do something that vicious. Just yesterday I planted two snowflake mock orange shrubs which will grow up to 6 feet and have white blooms (smell like oranges). I will patiently wait for these to grow and hope...

I know him well. He is a control freak who tried to prevent me from having chickens in the first place because (quote) "How do I know you know anything about animal husbandry?" and "You should have talked to me first." He is the guy who has to hire someone to screw in a lightbulb for him (i.e...

I appreciate these ideas... I actually went to law school (passed the bar, never practiced) and so I hear what people are saying about rules are rules. Still, I'm thinking this is going to be more about how people in my town choose to apply the law, I'm hoping for common sense to rule the day...

Hi, I'm curious about anyone who might have experience with backyard chickens and idiot neighbors. This afternoon, I had my chickens out ranging in the yard and I was sitting on the patio supervising them, just like I would if it was a pet bunny or a dog off a leash. So while I'm out with the...

Hi, So I'm pretty pleased with myself-- I managed to incorporate a new hen into my established flock and it all went pretty smoothly I followed a lot of tips on here to make it work... I kept April quarantined for a month, gave her supplements in her water, moved her gradually within sight of...

So last month, one of my six hens passed away (I think she had sour crop) and so this past weekend I got a new one. The established flock are about a year old, the new hen is also about a year old. I've been googling and reading other posts here on this topic but I feel like I need reassurance...

I have definitely put fake eggs in there, I also experimented with putting straw in there at first. They have been laying for about six weeks... It's weird, they really are laying in three or four different spots, it's almost like they are laying them in random places in the coop, they aren't...

Hmm. I'm not sure the roof of the nesting boxes can be cut back... that's why I was thinking if I made them deeper out of the bottom, it would meet the desire for deeper bedding to dig around... The perch in front is something we could definitely add, but the boxes aren't very high (only six...

Hi, So my hens have only been laying for about six weeks and they have yet to use their nesting boxes. I put golfballs in them, I put shavings in them (same as the floor, where they DO lay their eggs) and I designed them based on measurements I found online. They can defining get INTO them...

This shows no scale re: size, but it totally captures our excitement!! Also... I have six chickens and have NO IDEA which ones laid these!! (They look identical but I've been checking that house every day, there's no chance of them both being from the same chicken!!)

My sweet Hilary is only 11 weeks old and she (he?!) looks distinctively different from my other chickens... I've got six different breeds (all variations on a theme) except for Hilary. Her comb has been pretty red for a while now, but it's her tail feathers that have me really confused-- all my...

So I searched these forums some more and just spent more time with Bertha (the brahma)... I think the biggest oddity about her is that her toes are really weak, she can't perch on me like the others. I can hold her, but as soon as I try to get her to stand on me she can't handle it. She...

My chickens are six weeks old and seem to be doing great. They are all different breeds, though, so when one seems slightly different from the others I don't know whether to chalk it up to breed difference or something 'off.' My biggest chicken by far is my Brahma and she's definitely a bit...

My chickens are five weeks old and I'm a novice... is anyone else shocked at how much their chickens poop? I mean like the SIZE of it. I can't believe the size of what is coming out of them and really dark, too. We just put them in their outdoor coop a few days ago and so I'm still a bit...

I caught a picture of Ethel (five weeks old) at *just* the right moment... I think it looks like she's singing :-)

My 5 week old hens just spent their first night outside in the coop... and today we introduced a nipple waterer. I had read many posts on here about chickens not figuring it out or not liking it, so I wondered how hard it might be to transition... so far it looks like three of my six have...

My chicks also had their first night out in a new coop last night!! Mine are five weeks old and they had been in a brooder without a heat lamp for a week (~65 degrees). They didn't use a heat lamp last night either (lows in the 60s). I felt really nervous about separating them from food and...

I'm in Ann Arbor, where we have both the original chicken ordinance and its more recent amendment (making it easier, increasing number of hens allowed). If you have a city council, you just need one person to take on the issue, convince them it's worth pursuing. In AA, it happened that the...