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Hi all, I have a sick hen, not sure what to do and hoping for some help. This 4 year old GLW decided to go into molt at the beginning of the month, after laying fine for a few weeks. The day before yesterday she was up and about, and I happened to notice that her bum looked messy, some runny...

Hey folks, We're building our coop this week, woohoo! It will be a lean-to style walk-in shed coop. On our previous cop we did plywood under galvanized tin for the roof, which worked great! But lumber prices are through the roof (haha) right now, so we were thinking we'd just do the tin on it's...

Hi all! We have just moved, which means I get to build a new coop for my girls. This will be my third, so I have a bit of experience to draw on as far as what I like and don't like, but I'd love some help working out some details. I plan to do a shed-style walk-in coop, with the people door at...

Hi all! I have a 3 year old GLW who has recently been drooling a bit and head shaking. It's not constant, more like every few minutes, and it's been going on for about 4 days. She'll be walking around, eating, acting normal, then shake her head and drool flies out, sometimes a string of it lands...

Hi all! Last spring we moved from the dry interior of BC to Vancouver Island, a very different climate - mild year round, wet rainy winters. We brought along our 7 chickens (which makes all non-chicken keepers laugh hysterically :)) and left behind our beautiful coop built by my husband. We are...

Hi all! We are picking up a free used 8x10 metal shed tomorrow, and will be converting it to a coop for my 7 hens - it will be divided, one half for the coop, one half for storage of chicken supplies. I would love some advice on how to go about cutting and framing windows and ventilation in a...

Hi everyone, We have just moved, leaving behind a beautiful coop, and are starting over with a new coop. We have snagged a free 8x10 metal shed that we are going to convert into a coop, with an attached covered run. My plan is to divide the shed, half of it for the chickens and half for storage...

Hi all! We are preparing to move to a new home, and will be bringing along our flock of 7 hens. I'm looking for some advice on how to make the trip as stress-free as possible. They will be split between two large pet crates - the silkie and two others in a medium crate, and the four others in a...

I just switched my girls over to a watered with horizontal nipples after a winter of open water. I know they’re using them... but as soon as I let them out in the yard they race to the remaining snow patches and start gobbling up snow and melt water. Should I be concerned that they’re not...

We are planning a move from Kamloops to the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, and I would love to take my 7 girls! The trip itself is not a concern, as it's only about 7 hours and will occur during mild spring weather - it's what to with them at the other end that is tricky. We don't know yet...

We are planning a move from Kamloops to the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, and I would love to take my 7 girls! The trip itself is not a concern, as it's only about 7 hours and will occur during mild spring weather - it's what to with them at the other end that is tricky. We don't know yet...

Hi folks! I was recently given a sweet little silkie, and upon inspection found that she had lice - not a terribly case, but there were consistently 20-30 of the little stinkers hanging out around her vent each time I checked, plus some clusters of nits around the bases of her feathers in the...

I need some help solving an egg mystery... My Silver Salmon Marans seems to not be laying, and I can't figure out what is going on. Here is her history: Day 1, March 21 - she laid her very first egg, in the nesting box like a good girl! Day 2 - she spent time in the nesting box, then came out...

First aid help, please! One of my GLWs has been picked on today, and both of her ear lobes are torn. One is okay, but the other has a good sized flap hanging away. What should I do? If I clean it up and sort of stick the flap back, will it heal okay?

Hello all! This is my first year with chickens. I have 6 pullets, 3 of which started laying in the late summer (one olive egger, two GLWs). I understand that most chickens slow down or even stop laying through the short days of winter, but I have read that pullets usually continue to lay through...

Hi everyone! I have a 4x8 raised coop, with an 8x10 covered run, inhabited by 6 lovely girls who are just starting to lay. All summer, we used pine shavings in the coop, and left the run as bare dirt. When I cleaned out the coop every month or so (it stayed pretty clean since I have poop boards...

Looking for winter waterer advice... I have a suspended bucket with nipples hanging in my covered run. I'm wondering how I can winterize it? I have read about putting in a bottle of salt water - does that actually work?? The other option I have come across is putting an aquarium heater inside...

hi everyone! I started with chickens this spring. They are now 20 weeks old. One of my GLW pullets started making a strange gurgling congested sound, accompanied by a head shake, almost like a sneeze or cough (I've never seen a chicken do either, so not sure!). It's been about 10 days now. It...

Hi everyone! I just started with chickens this spring, with 8 straight run chicks. They are now 10.5 weeks old, and I have ended up with 4 roosters (one BCM, one GLW, two splash Ameraucanas) that I now have to get rid of somehow. :( I would like to add a few more girls to my flock to make up for...

Hi everyone! We are in the process of building our first coop, very exciting! We currently have 8 chicks, ranging from 5-6 wks old, but they are straight run so I'm sure I'll lose a few. Anyway, we have the coop walls up now. The next things to be done are the details: access ramp, hardware...