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I have a 12x12 chicken coop that was on the property I bought and I started raising chickens in it this year. I’m dealing with a real mosquito problem right now and am unsure what to think. If I go out to the coop at night there are thousands and thousands all over the walls. You can hear them...

Tonight I went out to put my 8 rhode island reds in for the night and I noticed only 7 up on the roost. Which was strange because it was pouring rain and there was thunder. Usually my birds go right for the coop when it rains real heavy. So after looking around for a while I found her quietly...

When I cook the eggs from my rhode island reds they smell faintly fishy? They don't taste fishy they just smell it when they are cooking. Does anyone know why?

Say for example I left and egg in the corner of the coop and didn't pick it up how long would it be good for without being refrigerated? 1 day? 2 days? I know I can put them in water and see if they float or not but rather than doing an experiment I wanted to ask if any of you guys know. thanks!

I have no electricity at my coop so I am trying to think of a way to keep my 8 hens over the winter. Can I put snow in a bucket for them to consume in place of water?

I just got my first ever egg! I know for sure it is at the most 2 days old. I never check all the corners of the coop but when I was cleaning out the coop I found it. It wasn't there 2 days ago when I did my previous cleaning. When I put it in a glass of water it sinks...I know most wouldn't...

I'm anticipating my hens to start laying. They are 6 months old. I have 8 rhode island reds as far as I can tell only one of them is a rooster which is good because I ordered them as sexed pullets from a hatchery. How many nesting boxes do I need for all 8 of them. Is it 1 per bird? The coop is...

Currently I have a 100% flat roof. There is no slope at all. For roofing material I have that green corrugated PVC roofing. It has warped from sitting in the sun and now sags between the supports so water pools up there. If you follow the corrugations they run towards the door and the run...

What can I use that won't harm my chickens that will effectively get rid of an ant problem? The ants stay at the seam on the ceiling where the top 2x4 meets the plywood ceiling. I would assume they have gotten down to the floor but my 8 chickens would make quick work of cleaning them up. So...

How clean would using sand on the floor of my chicken coop be? How often would it need to be cleaned and if so how would i do it aside from completely swapping out the sand.

I had a nice supply of hay bales sitting in the field that my coop is in. The bales have been sold so I no longer have any until the next cut. Could I just use green hay that hasn`t been dried? I don't want to spend any money on pine bedding or anything like that.

Hi A little info: I have a 4x8 coop framed like a standard wall with plywood paneling forming the walls. I am in the process of putting in a fully enclosed run. My chickens spend a lot of time without me meaning that I am usually busy and can't watch them everyday. So everything that goes...

I have a few bags of grower-finisher crumbles left over from last year. I would hate to throw them out! They are from about Oct-Nov of 2009. Will they still be safe to feed this summer? They have been opened but the tops rolled up tight.

I have 8 rhode island reds that are a week and a half old. The smell that is recently coming from the aquarium they are in is abosolutely disgusting. It is hands down the most repulsive odor I have ever smelt in my life. Is this normal? My house smells like crap! They are on large flakes of saw...

I have 8 rhode island reds that are now one week old. I do alot of wood working and i have some hardwood saw dust and I was wondering whether I would be able to use this as bedding instead of the pine shavings for rodents that you purchase at pet stores. I have found the topic on brooder bedding...

Never came across this problem before.... Is it normal for chicks to do that high pitch LOUD chirp just "because"? The temp is right-they have areas to go if its too hot-water-food. What the heck!? By the way...It is only one of them doing it.

I was wondering how many chicken owners would go for this deal... I am not trying to find the other end of the deal here just hypothetically asking. My coop is way back in a field and I cannot run electric there. I don't live on the farm it is located on so I am not able to "bring them down...

When I first get my 8 rhode island reds this week I plan on putting them in an old 20 gal aquarium. I've owned chicks and know that they outgrow that pretty fast. At what age would they be ready to go outside in the garage in a bigger brooder? It would be made of plywood and they would have...

What is the best thing to use as bedding? I have heard shavings but when I used them last year they would absorb the moisture from there crap and smell disgusting. I have used cardboard which worked okay because I had alot of it and it was easy to swap out a new piece. Newspaper was the worst...

Over the past few months I have been building a new chicken coop in the freezing cold Canadian weather to keep me busy. I have everything done and I just put the roof on today. It is corrugated PVC attached to the rafters and the rafters have a sheet of plywood on the underside of them to give...