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My chickens got over anything they encountered when they were teenagers. Now they're grown up hens, they're less interested in what's over the fence. I'm sure they could still get over.

When my chickens were facing their first winter, I had the same concerns, but everyone here told me that a happy chicken was a dry chicken. They're far more susceptible to damp than cold. I did go and check on several cold nights, and when you put your fingers down in their feathers, they're...

What an excellent idea. I have a lidded plastic container in the coop with extra pellets and water in, for any emergency. I can easily pop their transport container, with straw in the bottom, out there as well, all ready if they have to be moved in a hurry. I have the cat's cage, with blanket...

I used the big lidded plastic containers, with large holes cut in the sides and tops. I lined them with straw. They'll be better if you can put them somewhere dark, but still well ventilated and cool. In fact, if I move chickens again, I'll do it after dusk when they're easy to catch while...

I use construction sand on the floor, and shredded paper from work for bedding. I clean their nests daily, because they insist on sleeping in them - just take out dirty shred and put more clean stuff in. I pick up poop around the coop and run daily, because it only takes a few minutes. I haven't...

Sigh. I guess I just keep a close eye on her, then. She's a stroppy little madam, always takes every opportunity to come over and whinge about the servants, so that won't be hard to do.

Yes, she lays every day, and the rest of them are normal, shelled eggs. She's the stressy chicken of the two I have, tends to loud complaining and I have to be careful not to separate her from her sister, so perhaps it's anxiety. They've both made friends with the cat, though, they'll both eat...

What do I do? She's a brown shaver, approx 10 months old. She started laying in June and has laid 2-3 softshells a week since then. She's on a commercial layers pellet, plus she has oyster grit always available. She free ranges a few hours a day. My other hen has exactly the same diet and...

Vinegar mother is the bacteria or whatever it is that creates the vinegar. It's the slightly murky stuff right at the bottom of the bottle. I'm interpreting the recipe bit that you posted as 'shake the bottle well before taking 2-4 tbsp' etc etc.

Normal fresh chicken poop doesn't smell that bad. If it was old poop that smelled that bad, you need to keep your chickens cleaner! They also poop a dark, really stinky, sticky kind of poop every so often. It's normal, and comes from some other place in their digestive system, and it is BAD. If...

My chickens weren't battery chickens but they didn't know any other food than pellets. I had to teach them what other food was. I chopped up things very small, the size of pellets and mixed into their food, just a little at a time. After a while they'd hiff the pellets out of the feeder looking...

A friend of mine has a 9 year old hen. She hasn't laid in years but she takes all the youngsters and teaches them the way of the coop. No inter-poultry dramas when Big Mama is in charge of the yard.

Totally agreed. I used Advocate for cats, half a vial, on the advice of my vet. It's also an 'ectin chemical. These chickens were literally dripping with lice when I bought them. ONE treatment ONE time and the lice were completely gone and haven't returned. You can use cydectin as well as...

Totally agreed. I used Advocate for cats, half a vial, on the advice of my vet. It's also an 'ectin chemical. These chickens were literally dripping with lice when I bought them. ONE treatment ONE time and the lice were completely gone and haven't returned. You can use cydectin as well as...

I was thinking maybe Egglington Manor, because I might paint mine mock tudor in summer.

Permission granted! I can see that mine are not the only little feathery weirdos around!

Permission granted.

There must be some utter morons working for that company. You'd think they'd take a different kind of care with live cargo.

That would be my chickens!

I don't know that much about chickens, but I do know that my chickens don't like being alone. I don't know whether that means they need another chicken, or just another flock, but they need company. What will the chicky do if the ducks decide to go for a swim? Will she be all frantic racing up...