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Under my shed there is a huge gap. It's always been there but has been getting bigger over the years. We used to have a skunk living under but last year my bunny and the skunk lived together under there. In October I stopped seeing my bunny I think because I got a puppy and the puppy always...

Hello, Yesterday was day 21 and my hatch has been all wonky. I had one healthy chicken come early she's already in the brooder then these two eggs started to pip yesterday and they both seemed healthy one was taking a long time though. Around 1am I saw it came out completely but it had what...

When you take the wheels off it sits flat. But I do want to move it around daily but at night what would be the best way to make it so no animals can dig their way in?

Does anyone recognize what kind of bird this might turn into be? The father was a buff orpington rooster, and the mother is either a Rhode Island red or my other Red Chicken which I'm not sure what she is I always thought she was a red comment but who knows I will post pictures/videos of each...

I wanted to share these photos of my new baby chicks I have two buff orphington purebred chicks and then I have this one barred rock that was mixed with a buff orphington and I don't remember what barred rocks look like is infant sick so I don't know if it will just turn out looking like a...

I have some eggs from March 30th today is the 18th day. Two days ago I candled them just to see how they were doing and I saw a lot of growth and I could see almost a full grown in chick but when you move the egg from side-to-side the embryo inside moves as well is that a good sign or does that...

My two-day-old baby chickens seems to have pasty butt this morning I noticed the poop was sticking on his butt so I took a warm washcloth and try to get off the poop with my fingernails and the warm washcloth I thought I did a good job but it still seems like it's dark and wonder if I should...

Theres a video of my Just born chick.... 4:30am now its 4:57 so its had 20 minutes to dry in the incubator. Now I am wondering do I take him now to the "drying" area. Or let him dry out in there for an hour first? Also do I put water and food in the drying area I am so not sure what to do. I...

My chickens were due April 8th so today is the 22nd day... I don't see any movement no wobbling, I can't hear peeping through the incubator or over the noise of my 2 kids who are home from school. So just wait til the 25th day? I'm anxious.

This is my First ever time incubating eggs, would love advice! I have the Farm Innovators 4250 series which has the automatic egg turner and the air thing, and also it monitors the heat and the humidity. I messed up in the beginning and each day my chickens laid eggs I added more eggs by the...

Help every morning I try to open the door to my chickens it's frozen shut but not in the way most would think. I've had to boil water to get it unstuck but then the water freezes again so I need a better solution. We have got a lot if rain and snow lately and when it melts we don't have a good...

About 3 weeks ago my flock of 8 chickens was killed and/or attacked by my neighbors dog who was loose in the neighborhood. I went down to 3 chickens and one of them a red comet was the only one out of the three that was attacked in front of us. She was missing some feathers but looked good...

Can anyone tell me what's up with my golden comet? She is almost 2 years old turns 2 in April. The other golden comets don't look like this. I have 8 total chickens. They have a deep litter method of wood shavings and hay. They eat laying pellets and on cold days I make them oatmeal with...

I have 8 adult hens almost 2 years old and I have a rat problem. I heard getting a barn cat would be a good idea. Right now the shelter only has this 8 month old feral and they said I could have it. What do you think? I was going to get it tomorrow afternoon and plan to let it live in the...

What do you think? Squirrel or rat, haven't found any droppings just holes

I live in Maine and currently it's a whopping 6 degrees out. I never saw a rat in my life until my neighbor made an uncovered compost pile back in September. Now I haven't seen any in my coop but I can see holes about the size of a ping pong ball or larger going under my doghouse that I use as...

We have 3 barred rocks, 3 red comets, and 3 leghorns. We average 6 eggs a day and some days we get as many as 8-11 but usually just 5 or 6. Yesterday I go out to get the eggs like I do every morning (9-10ish) and I only saw 4, I go grab them and they are all slimey so my first instinct was...