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Mine love cheese, when I have some fresh grated left overs. I also like to warm a little oatmeal in a little milk and stir in a spoon of yogurt when we have a very cold, icy morning. This is only a very few times a year fortunately, but they just get so excited for their special treats on cold days.

We have only a few hens and a large double city lot in a small town. We like to let our hens out to free range (since they were almost a year---not young), but we never leave them out of their enclosed outdoor run if we are shopping or not at home. Our girls let us know when someone is in the...

I have a 6ft square piece of plywood in their outside run where I put their food and occasionally flip it over to another location and get the same result as you with all sorts of bugs. The girls get excited when they see me doig the board flip.

Is that why the chicken is known to be a descendent of the dinosaur? (determined by the girl)

You would have to watch for sunburn----but molting would be breeze.

I am in Port Angeles and had the same problem as you. I did the sprinkle their runs, and made sure they had fresh cool water, but I gave them cool treats like watermelon cantaloupe, refrigerated corn on the cob as well. Our back yard is set up for free ranging and we have been bad about mowing...

Don't know your layout but we have an enclosed coop with roosting bars inside and on the side, two rows of nests. Most of the time our girls are inside, they either are in the nest resting or laying, and at other times they are on the bars. We close the door at night and open in early morning so...

I know your pain at putting an animal down. I think the Craigs list is your best bet, plus perhaps some family who has lost income during this hard time, will need a meal for their family. It will be easier for someone who does not know your Ro's name or has a family history with....

Is there any way you could create a smaller portable fencing or yard chicken tractor so you could let them have the benefit of the lawn or grass for an hour or two while you are doing something outside too, like tending your yard or something you intended to do anyway? If your girls are still...

I wouldn't leave them unattended. There are so many critters around (we live in a small town and have a double fenced yard). I have observed one of our neighbors chickens nabbed by a raccoon right in front of us when I was having a yard sale, and a lot of people around. Not only critters on the...

I wouldn't leave them unattended. There are so many critters around (we live in a small town and have a double fenced yard). I have observed one of our neighbors chickens nabbed by a raccoon right in front of us when I was having a yard sale, and a lot of people around. Not only critters on the...

We have a variety of fruit trees around our coop and run and have not noticed any increase of problems with it. They free range at times and like to nibble on fruit that has fallen. We already have mice and rats and trap many through the year. We watch for flying prey and keep them in the run...

Your run is beautiful---I am envious. I like your colorful tires too, and we have the same kind in our garden with strawberry plants. Sorry I don't have an appropriate answer to your question but wanted to send a compliment to your beautiful coop...Best wishes with your expanded plans.

Chickens are so much more healthy when allowed a wide variety of feeds, starting with a well balanced food as the staple. I enjoy giving them snacks of treats from time to time, ie: watermelon rinds, warm oatmeal with a scoop of yogurt on especially cold days, and you can easily make a crock or...

Please let us know what you learn from this experience. This is better than reading a novel.

My husband was a rancher with a great many species, and I, also raised on a vineyard, had all the general animals around but we also had a coup. I used to talk to the chickens and bantys when I was a young child.. Now retired, we wanted something new to raise. We have always fed a lot of wild...

I would like to be a part of your family.

Deciding on a fence should be totally what you want. You could have a wire fence or posts with attached roll of nice looking wire fencing attached to the posts. My husband and I have had several homes, and a lot of animals including dogs, cats, chickens and now a pet turkey, and this old house...

I certainly do think our foul have the ability to bond (imprint) and remember the people they loved. My story is a little different about my husband getting some 2 day old turkey chic's that he raised here in the city and took to his ranch in Montana a few months later to be free and wild on his...

I still consider myself a "newbie" but I thought I would briefly tell you what I seem to be successful in doing. I only have a few chickens for eggs and pet reasons. They are about 5 years old now, and have gone through 3-4 molting periods and do quite well, though with the shortening daylight...