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I do have pictures but I need to upload them. I talked to a guy at a local store where I get my chicken food and he said that they may just be small birds. They are slikiecross. I can't remember with what though. They are feathered out now. Growing slightly. Maybe they weren't getting enough to...

I purchased some silkie cross chicks the end of August and they aren't growing. They are about 8-9 weeks old I think. They haven't even doubled in size. I have been feeding them chick starter and am switching over to grower. I am worried that they won't make it through the cold Maine winter if...

I have 3 ducks and 19 chickens. They all live together with no problems. I give them all the same feed because it is too hard to give them seperate feed when they all have access to the same spaces. I live in Maine and use a kiddie pool or a sled filled with water during the winter. I haven't...

I expected them to start laying in the fall, but I haven't gotten ANY eggs from them yet and they are approaching a year old!

They are snowy calls. We live in Maine and the day light is increasing finally. I don't think they have molted, or at least not a heavy molt. They are getting standard chicken layer food. The person that I bought them from said that he gives his entire flock chicken layer food. I'm not sure if...

I bought ducks last spring (May 2011) and they still haven't laid any eggs. Why?? I have 1 male and 2 females.

Back in the spring we purchased 3 ducks, snowy calls, and 4 bantum pullets. One of the pullets died the day we got it home. Either way, the 3 ducks and the 3 bantum pullets have lived together since the spring. A few weeks ago, one of the bantum pullets drowned in the small pool that I have for...

Thanks for the advise! I am worried that if the other girls notice, which I'm sure they have, that they will get broody. So from what I understand, she will come out of it once she realizes the eggs are not going to hatch. I collect the eggs daily...for the most part and she sits on some of them...

I have 9 hens living together. I have NO roosters. A few times this spring and summer I have not collected the eggs every day....I know, my bad! Anyway, now she sits in the box all day on the eggs. Everyone who goes in to collect the eggs, except for me, gets pecked. I just pick her up and have...

I live in mid-coast Maine and am looking to get some pullets. I currently have 10 chickens right now so I am set up and ready to go. Please let me know if you have some to get rid of. Thanks!

One of my chickens is pecking another one of my chickens on her back. I don't know why and I would love to get some feedback on why and what I can do to stop it. They are the same age, which is about 1.5 years old. I have a total of 10 chickens, all girls and haven't had any problem like this...

thanks CoopmasterK, that's another great idea! I have to check with my husband to see which he thinks is best for our coop now that I have more than one idea!

Thanks everyone! The crock pot is an interesting way to go, I actually have an old one out in my shed that I keep meaning to get rid of so maybe I'll try that until I can scrounge up some extra $$ to buy the heated plastic one that fiberart57 mentioned. Kathleengp....that is a great idea! My...

I live in Maine, where it has been below freezing at night for a couple weeks now. I hadn't noticed a problem with the water freezing until this morning. I went to my local Feed Store and they had a heated waterer, but it was $63 and it was huge, I think 3 gallons! I only have 10 chickens and...

I have 10 girls. 3 are about 1.5 years old, 5 are around 35-40 weeks old and 2 are around 25 weeks old or so. I'm not sure who is isn't laying, but when I had 8 chickens I was getting 5-6 eggs a day so I at least know that 5-6 of them are definately laying....or had been. I got the 2 younger...

I had only 1 chicken sick as well. I checked her for bugs and didn't find any. I dusted all the other chickens as well as the coop, bedding areas, nesting areas and anywhere else they hang out. I'm not sure where they go when they die, I would assume that they would run as far as they can first...

The Sevin 5% is something that people use to dust their gardens for bugs. You can find it at any garden center or plant store, I would assume that Home Depot, Walmart, etc would have it as well. I also bought a Poultry Dust that contains Permethrin. I have used the Sevin dust once and the...

that's everyone! I figured it was fine to eat them, but I guess ya never know! I did joke around to one of my friends saying that they were just getting a lil extra protein!