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O awesome!that is a really great idea!

We was thinking about running tarps overthe run to try and keep the snow and some of the wind out.

Hey so I live in kansas and so far we have had amazing weather but within the next few days are temps are gonna plumit.what can I do to get my coop and chickens ready for this very dramatic change and so fast!I have an open run where its just fenced in nothing over it.but their coop is inclosed...

Ok,yea its frustrating right now im like u other girls need to start laying lol

Hi,I have a question, I have six hens and I believe only one is laying,I am inly getting bout an egg or two a day and they skip days too.is this normal?also I collect the one egg in the afternoon since one of my hens are laying in the morning.Am I hurting the egg production buy doin this?is all...

Ok so I dont think they are laying but ill enclose the run and if I notice eggs guess ill lock them up for a lil bit,will they be able to be let out after they get the hang of it?they return through the day cuz thats where their food and water is

Hello, I have free range hens that are close to laying age.I was wondering will they come back to the coop and lay their eggs or will they lay them wherever they are?should I inclose their run so they dont get out?I have ceramic eggs in the nesting boxes,will those encourage them to use the...

Hello, My girls are 19weeks and I was wondering when should I get the nesting boxes ready?I have 2 Plymouth Barred Rocks,2 Easter Eggers,1 black sex link and 1 Speckled Sussex if that helps at all.

Hi,I have a Speckled Sussex Rooster that I am needing to let go.Hes,16wks and has been handled since he was a chick.I purchased him from a farm store was told he was a she and as he got older we relized we have a rooster.trades of any breed of hens welcomed.thank you and have a nice day

Hmm I didn't think bout that.

Ok I was worried..first time chicken owner ya kno.plus they are 10 1/2 wks so that made me worry a lil more.

They are somewhere that is completely covered with shade 90% of the day,but the other 10% still has some shade :).

Hi,im wondering what else I can do for my babies.Its 92° here in kansas with a heat index of 100 and above and it will be like this all week.I have put a fan on their coop,ive been spraying the mud to keep in wet and cool and I read spraying the top of the coop helps,so ive done that,I also toke...

I think im just gonna work with them,they are slowly getting use to the handling thing since they have been outside.they just got put in their bigger run over the weekend so I believe its their new found freedom they are enjoying...lol

I can sit in the run with them and they will come up to me its my girls that chase them.I kno they aren't like a cat or a dog and they do enjoy the attention when they do come to us.our chickens r gonne be show chickens for 4h. They r in a enclosed run and they go in their coop at night.

Ok so ive raised my chickens from when they where little,we handled them every day,still do.but we have to play the chase game everytime!can anyone give us advice on how to prevent this or is it just normal for them to do this?

Anyone have any good rooster names to name him?im lost

Greaaat,good thank goodness ive messed with him alot since he was two wks old,hopin that helps him not to be mean lol...

Hey everyone I have a "hen" six weeks old and she is the only one that her comb is bigger then everyone else and has more red to it.im trying to figure out if she is really a he!maybe you guys can help...

I have a question,I had my chicks out to exercise and my nephew accidentally stepped on one,she went into shock and wouldn't move I immediately picked her up and I thought she was dead so I headed outside,I felt her move so I set her in the grass and she began to run away,but she seems to not...