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We're experimenting with growing our own fodder to reduce the cost of chicken feed, but I am having the hardest time trying to figure out how much I should grow for our 6 young girls!! We bought 6 small bins and drilled holes in the bottom. Right now I am soaking 2 cups of whole barley in...

I let my girls out to free range this morning and noticed my 8 month old White Leghorn limping. I checked her feet and it looks like she might have bumblefoot. The bottom pic of her right leg looks the worse to me but that is the leg she is putting all of her weight on. She can still walk and...

But I've been reading everywhere that scratch is just a treat. I've been feeding them the Farmers Best Hen Scratch with oyster shells on the side this whole time and I get good quality eggs, but now I'm worried they aren't getting the nutrition they need.

I heard that warm or hot water draws bacteria into the eggs. Should I "wash" the eggs with cold water before I hard boil them? Or does the boiling water kill all the bacteria? I just hard boiled 6 eggs without washing or rinsing them, they were pretty "clean" eggs.

We have 6 pullets, 5 (3 Ameraucana's 2 White Leghorns) of them are 19 weeks old the other is 11 weeks (RIR) One of the Ameraucana's laid her 1st egg on Sunday 6/12, she laid every day for 3 days, and hasn't laid the past 4 days. I heard once they start laying that they should lay just about...

We have 6 pullets: 19 Weeks Old: 1 Ameraucana - started laying on Sunday 6/12/16 (an egg a day so far :P) 2 Ameraucana's - not laying yet 2 White Leghorns - not laying yet 11 Weeks Old: 1 Rhode Island Red How should I incorporate laying food? Or should I just put out a separate tray of...

Ok, so we have 6 pullets. 3 Ameraucana's, 2 White Leghorns (19 weeks old) and 1 Rhode Island Red (10 weeks old). We've never let them out of their coop to free range because I'm scared they will fly over the fence. We live in the city so our backyard is not huge, but we were thinking about...

Meet McFly, our 9 week old Rhode Island Red. What are your thoughts, boy or girl?

When should I remove the "panic room" that separates my 8 week old chick from the 16 week old chickens? We have only ONE 8 week old chick that is almost the same size as the FIVE older 16 week old chickens, and I'm wondering when I should remove her panic room and let her completely settle in...

Right now the 3 week old is in the coop but separated from the other chickens with a wire wall. The five 11 week old pullets grew up together, the 3 week old is all alone. She has been separated from the others for about a week and now they hardly notice her. When should I remove the wire wall...

I'm almost positive the Leghorns are pullets. Not to sure about the Ameraucana's. What do you guys think? Sorry I couldn't get too great of a video.

Hen or Rooster? 3 White Leghorns and 3 Ameraucanas, 9 weeks old. We're starting to think that one of our White Leghorns is a rooster! We heard him practicing his crowing this morning. What do you guys think?