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I've had an egg eater for about 2 months now. Tried the golf ball thing, that seemed to help at first but then she figured out the difference between golf balls and eggs. She only touches the white eggs, not the brown. If I can collect soon enough its not a problem. They get tons of...

OK I made a video of those feathers on the hip... looks like a hen, the feathers are more rounded. Is that what you're taking about?

I'll give that a shot any ideas about the breed of the hen/mother?

Check out this video and let me know if you can help me with the following: 1. Is the 12 week old in this video a male or female? Hatched in nov 08, been living with the mom in the garage to keep them out of the chicago winter wind, but pretty soon will be back outside with the others. 2...

Just a quick update. Hen and chick are doing great. One egg left that may hatch. My current plan is to keep them in this little pen I setup in the garage, until the chick is too big to be kept warm by the hen. By then it will be hitting dangerously low temps even in the garage so I'll prob just...

Wanted to show you guys the little chick... here's a video

Had 2 hatch this morning (the natural way under mommy). One died cause it was too cold out there and it got away from the hen somehow. Trying to find someplace warm to put them, theres 2 more under the hen. Anyone have any advice? Should I move the mama, the two unhatched eggs, and the live...

It is supposed to be warm the next couple days here too, but not nearly warm enough

One of my birds was all broody for the past couple weeks, and I left her out there in the coop on the eggs just to see what would happen. (I've had chickens for a while but never tried to hatch any) This morning there was one dead chick, two unhatched eggs, and a live baby chick in the nest...

One of my hens was in a separate pen with the rooster. A week ago she got all broody and started sitting on about 5 or 6 of her eggs. I haven't touched her just to see what she would do. Is it possible that she could incubate and hatch these, even if it is getting chilly at night (35-45 F)? If...

Hi Linda, the interesting thing is that the police think its illegal to keep chickens, even though there's nothing on the books. have you ever been hassled? Where are you located? We're near 47th and ashland (mostly mexican neighborhood) so within 1 block of us, two mexican families have...

Quote: yep we got 4 leghorns... see this post to see a video of them and our setup: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16503

Quote: do you mean stack hay up to the level of the roost bar so they can roost on the bar but still be sitting in the hay?

I made this video where you can listen in to the chicago cops and me discussing whether it is illegal to have chickens in chicago. You'll be surprised at the result! Youtube Video: Chicken Coop In Chicago? Moral of the story is: get it in writing

I've had these 4 Chickens through the summer (I'm a chicken newbie) and it is starting to get cold here in Chicago. so I made this little video for you guys to show you my setup. Here's My Video (YouTube): Chicken Coop Here are my questions: 1. If I Partally cover the "doorways" to that 2...