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I have two new roosters with a new batch of hens. They are all about 25 weeks old and have been blended with the older flock about 3 weeks ago. One of the new roosters will not let some of the new hens in their roost for the night. I assume that this is because he wants to mount them. This...

Is anyone aware of an automated feeder for chickens? Kind of like deer hunters use to throw food on a timed schedule? Normally when going on vacation I put out 30 gallons of water and about 75lbs of self service food. What happens is that the wildlife birds get most of the food. I have seen...

I have an 8 month old Buff Orpington not roosting with the others. She will stay on the ground leaning forward. There is nothing visibly wrong with her, she walks fine, I see her eat and all, but she is not roosting. I picked her up and put her on the roost and she immediately fell off. She...

I ordered 20 more chicks over this past weekend and will be picking them up on February 6th. I came home form work today and checked on the hens and found that one has gone broody. I have a thought that I would let her set on some eggs and if they hatched great, but I would also want her to...

I think that I like the new layout, but I am missing the coop pic page. I enjoyed looking at the coops and reading the stories. Also coop of the week.

I have 19 hens and 2 roos. I work all week so I currently only let the chicks out on the weekends. I live somewhat secluded on 5 acres with on kind of close neighbor that has a dog. I want to let them out every day so that they get more of a natural diet instead of the non GMO grain that I...

I have 19 hens and 2 roos. I work all week so I currently only let the chicks out on the weekends. I live somewhat secluded on 5 acres with on kind of close neighbor that has a dog. I want to let them out every day so that they get more of a natural diet instead of the non GMO grain that I...

So I have a very secure coop and run and it is withstanding the digging and pawing from neighborhood dogs. I have read a lot of the posts about dogs and shooting them seems to be the best answer except that these dogs are my brother-in-laws and killing them would make Christmas very awkward...

I live in the midwest and it's getting close to 0 degrees at night and barely above 20 in the day. I have noticed that the food intake has decreased. They get fed spinach, kale, oats, wheat, corn, oyster shells, bananas, and mealworms daily. From day to day, the amount of grain that they eat...

I have a Black Sexed hen that has recently gotten a white crusty ring around her neck and is losing feathers in the same area. Any thoughts as to what this may be and is it treatable?