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Dear Chickenistas, As we all know chickens are masters of spilling their feed. It is in their nature. But the desire to have a non-spill chicken feeder is in the heart of every chicken keeper. Being such a one myself, I have built several PVC pipe style chicken feeders. But none of them worked...

Hi there! I would like to pick the brains of chicken DIY'ers for an automatic run door for my small chicken coop. In the past, I've built automatic doors myself (see my post here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/a-raspberry-pi-controlled-diy-coop-door-with-python-code.74113/). But the...

I am curious if it is possible to have a chicken run that also works as a composter. I would like to throw a certain amount of food scraps (things that can be composted), leaves, etc. and collect compost from the run to use in my garden. Needless to say, it should not smell as I have neighbors...

One of my chickens lost most of its neck feathers (video attached). She is also making weird screeching sounds most of the day by extending her neck up in the air and letting out air. It almost looks like she is trying to crow. It sounds like a car brake. Until a few days ago she has been mostly...

Dear BYCers, I am suspecting that one of my 5 hens is infected with worms. She has been lethargic and pale for quite a long time (3-4 months). Her comb is pale and saggy and egg production has significantly dropped. I think I spotted a worm once in her dropping but can't be sure. From what I've...

Dear All, One of my five chickens is sick. I initially thought she had bronchitis due to a mucus-like fluid drooling from her mouth (I actually thought that she was about to die). This happened about 5 days ago. But after the first day I have not seeing anything drooling from the mouth...

Dear All, One of my five chickens very quickly went from good to extremely sick. Both of her eyes are and mouth is filled with a mucus-like fluid. She is seeming to have a very hard time breathing. She hardly moves at all. I don't have high expectations but do you think anything can be done...

I have 5 hens that used to lay regularly but their production appears to have dropped recently (from 4-5 a day to 2-3 a day). I was expecting the opposite as the days get longer and the weather gets warmer. They are not old hens. I provide free choice oyster shells to them but they don't seem to...

I was wondering if any one can suggest me a PVC pipe type DIY feeder that is actually well tested and works? There are many designs out there but I am pretty sure most pictures are shared before being sufficiently tested. I built one by myself which is basically a 3" vertical pipe followed by...

Dear All, I've 6 chickens in a run about 105 square feet. Chickens spend almost all of their time in the run. Two or three times a week I let them out to the larger backyard for a few hours. 2 of my chickens are very good layers and laying consistently even in the midst of winter. However, they...

Who said a coop wouldn't enhance our backyards? Here is a capture the corner of my garden where my chicken coop is. captured tonight just before my chickens are retiring for the night. Best, Oguz

Hi All, I would like to get your ration ideas given the list of ingredients that I can locally find (I live abroad so certain items, especially things like kelp, are not available here). Let me also state that I would like to feed my chickens primarily with a whole grain diet. We also provide...

Hi All, I started feeding my chicken fermented grains after reading so much about their benefits. The problem is my flock of 6 hens do not seem to enjoy it as much as I hoped they would. The feed smells so good to me even I feel like eating it. I give them about a cup each morning and most of...

Dear All, I am a new backyard chickener from Ankara, Turkey. I've learned a lot from backyardchickens.com and wanted to say hi and thank you to this amazing community. Besides chickens I have African cichlids as pets. We have two kids and we wanted to get chickens primarily to our kids with...