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Hi everybody, it's been a while since I've browsed this site but I'm in need of some suggestions. I have 4 hens - 1 easter egger (2y old), 1 speckled sussex (2y old), 1 blue cochin (2y old), and 1 mutt (1y old). Their coop is 5x4 with 1 nesting box (I've tried another but they refuse to use...

I have a chicken named Ducky too! Where did the name come from for you? Mine looked exactly like a duckling when she was a chick so we started affectionately calling her Ducky and it stuck!

Cute hat, by the way :love

Where are you located? 20 degrees isn't too cold for chickens to be outside. It's been anywhere from 5-30 degrees F in my area lately but I've seen people post about having temps in the negatives and using no extra heat source for their girls. As long as they have a dry environment and unfrozen...

Wow, can't believe somebody would do something like that. Another idea is to possibly install a game camera pointed at your coop. That way you can review the images later and not have to watch an entire video stream.

@Happy Chooks - Great! I didn't know that site existed, I will check it out! Did about 5 minutes of searching and found that there is a large beekeeping association in my area. I'll attend one of the upcoming meetings and see if I can't link up with somebody to learn from their experiences here...

You're right, @IndianaGreg - I'll have to join the bee keeping groups around here. @JurassicBawk - Good to hear, we only have about .7 acre so I'm hopeful that the bees spread out instead of staying concentrated near me and my neighbors. They already put up with my chickens lol. What do your...

Looking for somebody with beekeeping experience. I've been considering keeping bees and I just moved to a new home that backs up to a marsh (however, it is in a neighborhood), so it seems like a good opportunity to get started. - I've been told/read that you do not need a lot of land to keep...

I just built a 10x10 run for my 4 girls. It's already a dirt hole (admittedly, some of the mess was from digging the trench to bury hardware cloth). Considering a method like the one you spoke of so I can rotate them through runs when they tear the current run up. I'm interested to see what...

@aart The run I'm introducing them in is 4x8ft with a 4x5ft coop attached. It's on the small side and will be expanding soon. Even if the cochin runs to try and get away, the bullies will just chase her down. Yesterday, she ran into the coop which was out of sight and they followed her in. When...

Thanks for the advice everyone. @Sassysouth Your situation sounds exactly like mine - What I want is just a peaceful flock so it looks like I will probably be finding a new home for the bully #1 and perhaps bully #2 if she keeps it up after bully #1 is gone. They will probably remain bullies...

@ChiefSuperFly I could, but I would rather have them all in a single flock.

Thanks for your replies. Not what I wanted to hear but I'll just have to make some hard decisions if I want to keep a single flock. One of the bullies (the worse of the two) is my favorite hen, she comes and hangs out near me when I'm outside. I'm going to try @sawilliams advice and try to swap...

Thanks NFC. My flock contains the blue cochin, a speckled sussex, and 2 easter eggers. I'm not sure what the chick is. The offenders are the speckled sussex and 1 of the easter eggers. Is there a reason you rehomed the bullies instead of your bullied chicken? Did your bullied chicken stay...

I have a blue cochin that, despite being timid and sweet, gets beat up CONSTANTLY by 2 other hens in the flock (I only have a flock of 5, one of the other hens is a chick that the cochin hatched). I separated her and the chick (who was an egg when I separated them) to save her from getting beat...

Just checked on the eggs and one of them peeped at me!! I can see that it has started breaking through the shell.

Okay, I will keep that in mind

Yes, this is her first hatch also. She seems like a good broody hen so far, so I'm hoping that translates into being good when the chicks hatch! The nesting box they are in now is a litterbox, the lip being about 2 or 3 inches high. I'm nervous the chicks won't be able to get in and out of the...

Hi everyone! I've had a broody (cochin) sitting on two eggs which are due to hatch on Friday. This is the first time I'll have ever hatched eggs so I wanted to see if anybody had any helpful advice for the hatching process. I have the broody hen and eggs separated from the rest of the flock in...

My chicken has been exhibiting the exact same symptoms! I just logged on to ask about it. Like you, I don't see any mites or fleas crawling around in her feathers but she has bald patches on her neck that seem to be getting worse. I was going to try diatomaceous earth and see if I have any luck...