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When you rest your butchered chicken, is it in water or out of water?

My neighbor snuck into my coop today and left me a surprise!

My rooster is 4mos old and has been trying to mate with my hens heads and backs. Yesterday my son noticed whitish sticky spots on a couple of the hens back...Is this what I think it is?

I have a beautiful Black Copper Marans rooster that was hatched on 11/21/09. He is as big now, as most of my hens who were hatched last April, and is bigger than the Ameracauna. I noticed the other day that he has been trying to mount Zoey, our Barred Rock. Is he too young to be starting...

I was reading a small article and an ad in a poultry magazine about Flubenvet 1% and it says there is not withdrawal period for eggs. Has anyone tried this? Thanks, Kristy

I got one of those weird soft shelled eggs today. I didn't realize it until I took hold of it. YUCK! NASTY! SLIMY! FREAKY! I may not sleep well tonight...

I have 2 Blue Splash Marans that I got in mid-August. I was told they were 20-ish weeks. One of them started laying the last day of August. She has a nice big cherry red comb & waddles. Her sister still looks young, although her comb and waddles are starting to grow, but they still are pink...

Hello, Has anyone here used ceramic infrared heat bulbs (no light emited) to heat their coops? http://www.shopthecoop.com/chickens/HBL.html How about flat panel wall heaters? http://www.shopthecoop.com/chickens/He.html Both seem like they would work good, and I have found both elsewhere...

Hello, I have 6 hens. They have a run that is 8ft x 8.5ft. The floor of the run is gravel over sand over dirt. Plus they have kicked some of the pine shavings from their house into the run. I have had no problems keeping the hen house clean and smell free - the DLM is ingenious! How do you...

Hello, My 6 mo old hens have had runny poop for a few weeks. I have six hens and get AT LEAST 6 - 10 runny poops total a day. Not just from one hen, some have them more than others, tho. I have not noticed any out of the ordinary behaviors from any of them and they seem healthy, otherwise...

What a great day! One of my Blue Splash Marans gave me a present today! Here is the problem, I put Wazine in their water this morning at 8am, and this egg was laid between 8:30 and 10:30. Do you think it is safe to eat? How long after I worm do I not eat the eggs, 2 weeks? Is there any wait...

Hello, I took my flashlight out tonight when I put my girls to bed and low-and-behold, there were little brownish things running around on there skin. YUCK! I can't stop itching now. What is the difference between Sevin dust & Eprinex? Is there a preferred treament? I am worried about them...

My pullets were hatchet in April. I have had them for 2 weeks now. A couple of days ago, one of them started sitting on the floor in the pine shaving bedding during the day. Now 2 more have joined her and 2 of those have started scratching a depression outside and sitting there buts in...

UGH! I went to close up my chicken coop tonight and say goodnight to my girls as usual, except my 2 kids came out with me. As I was tidying things up inside, I glanced at the nest boxes to do a quick visual count of the golf balls, I came up with 7 instead of 6. My daughter was so excited...

Hello, Does anyone know of anyone in WA that sells Marans pullets? Thank you, Kristy

Hi, I got my chickens today! 3-4mos old. 1 Australope - un-named 1 Barred Rock - daughter named her Zoey 1 Easter Egger - 3 yo named her Polly 1 Buff Orpington - I named her Purl (I like to knit) The problem was I didn't have a coop. My son (now 13yo) had a playhouse that he NEVER used, so I...

Hello, Can you raise chics with its mom & other young (3-4mo old) hens in the same coop? Thanks, Kristy

Hi all! My name is KRisty and I live in Shelton, WA. I don't have chickens yet, but will soon. I figured I should find out as much as I could before I get started. Hope to learn a lot from you guys! Kristy