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A skunk came through and killed 2 of the my 3 hens. I have a gold sex link left. Will she be okay by herself? She's eating but she's acting a little depressed.

I had 3 chickens yesterday. Now I have 2 (pretty sure it was a skunk). Question is when I raise new babies and introduce them to the one hen do I still need to go through the flock introduction precautions or do I not have to worry about this because it's just one chicken that I'm introducing 3...

Realized yesterday that one of my aracaunas is broody. I've put her in a separate pen to keep her from going back to the nest that she wants to sit in all day. I want her lay not brood. She was sitting on other chickens eggs and not laying her own. I think what happened is I didn't know she was...

I have a large gold sex pullet and rhode island red. They're only 4 months old but they seem fully grown. I have a timer turning a light on in the coop at 4 a.m. since it's dark by 5 here. Is it possible they'll lay soon?

I went to the feed store yesterday to get some organic feed for my 3 month old chickens. They told me that since my chickens aren't laying eggs yet that I don't have to give them the egg laying feed. That cracked corn is good for now. I bought the corn but this doesn't seem right to me. How do...

I have 1 RIR, 3 aracaunas and 1 gold sex. They are 6-7 weeks old now. If I want to ensure eggs in the winter, around the time they should be mature enough to lay eggs, should I start turning the light in the coop on in the morning now (to increase total daylight hours) or closer to when I...

Tomorrow my 5 chicks are close to 4 weeks old so I'm moving them to the coop outside. When moving the chicks from inside to outside, are there any precautions or things I should do to make the transition easy on them?

The feed I bought for the baby chicks has a note in it that says don't feed them anything else. But they go nuts over the corn, raw or cooked, I give them. They are 2 weeks old. Is it okay to give them the corn?

I have a particularly predatory cat. This guy usually brings me about 4-5 mice per month, sometimes birds and about once a year a full grown squirrel. He's big for a house cat too. At what age can I let my chickens free range in his presence? I'm not too worried about the RIR, but I am concerned...

I'm wondering at what age I can put my chicks outside in the coop. Here in Sacramento, nightime lows are around 60 degrees. In September more like 50-60. I have 1 RIR, 3 aracaunas and a gold sex pullet.

I'll try to attach photos of this coop I might buy off of a guy on Craig's List. He's in Shasta. I'm in Sacramento. this is what the ad says: "I've got a brand new custom 5 foot wide and 6 foot deep chicken coop for sale. It stands 5 feet tall around the perimeter and is vaulted to 6 foot 6 so...

I'm trying to get the chicks used to me. I sit next to the bathtub I have them in. When I pick one up they screech, the other ones go silent and run to the other side of the tub away from me. The one I'm holding seems to settle down a little bit, maybe after she realizes I'm not going to eat...

I bought 3 baby chicks from Lee's Feed and Seed in Shingle Springs on Saturday. One is a Gold sex pullet, another is an araucana and one is a Rhode Island Red. After reading that the Rhode Island Reds can sometimes be aggressive I don't want this one. It is disease free and very healthy. I...

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Hi, My name is Eddie. I live in Sacramento. I just found out that I am allowed to have chickens in my backyard. I am looking at various designs and already have a spot picked out. I only want 2 hens as a start. My quandary though is whether I start with unhatched eggs or buy a starter chicken...