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I have a hen named Red who has been an only chicken since she was about 12wks old (lost her friends to a hawk, long story) and she used to be a house chicken. After building her a secure coop and run she's since been moved outside and I got a young pullet (8wks old) to be her friend while I also...

So I've recently finished building my first coop and run and am debating if I should poly the run since parts of it have direct ground contact. I did poly the coop, but have not put poly on the run. I used pressure treated for ground contact 2x4s which is why I'm not sure if I'm supposed to/need...

Its been almost 3 years since I've had chicks and I'm so excited to have some new babies! Got a sapphire olive egger and a easter egger. Cant wait to see what they look like as they grow, never had these types before. Brooder set up is a 120 gal aquarium with red heat lamp. Got the food and...

So long story short I have a hen named Red who used to be a house chicken living in a giant aquarium. This came about after losing 3 broods to local predators and me not having the finances to build a properly secure coop and run. Anyhow I have built a coop and Red wont use it. At sunset I got...

Update: Coop is officially finished! Gave it a good coat of poly inside and out and got the roosts installed. Now to make the run >_<. It's been 3 years now I've spent designing this coop and run and clearing the space in my tiny yard to make it possible. My goal is 3-4 hens. The coop was...

Backstory: Last September I hatched out some mutt chicks and ended up with 3 surviving hens after a hawk attack and bad winter killed off 4/7 (some idiots roosted outside and froze to death). So I call them my big ladies and they've been doing well and were laying well, healthy birds. Fast...

In my whole time in the chicken hobby, I'd never ordered or bought live chicks before and have always hatched my own either from shipped eggs or eggs given to me by friends with flocks. However, I recently made my first ever live chick order because finding the eggs of the breeds I wanted was...

So my ladies hatched back in early september and for the last two months I've been eagerly awaiting that first egg, even switched them to layer feed a month ago. I started with 6 and after a hawk attack and terrible winter, I am now down to three so this first egg means even more to me. Not...

I'm not sure where this goes, but I think this is the right forum place. I've been interested in breeding my own line of chickens, not for show or anything, just to see if I can. My goal is to come up with an auto sexing lavender laced line that breeds true. I know that this is a hard endeavour...

It's been awhile since I've visited this forum and a lot has happened with my little backyard flock. I've lost half my birds. Started with 6, lost one to a hawk and in the last two weeks I've lost two to illness. My problem is I don't know what illness it is. My birds were all doing great and...

Since my chicks are getting big, the Mason jar feeder and watering stations just weren't able to keep up with their demands anymore. Shopped around and found that the basic gravity auto stations are EXPENSIVE, far more expensive IMO than they should be. Since I also have indoor cats, I had a...

While I know that you can never be 100% sure of sex with mixed breed chickens until then crow or lay, I think I have a decent grasp on what a few of my 8wk old chicks are, but I'd love to hear others opinions: This is a blue maran/silved laced wayondotte mix (super pretty if I say so myself)...

Yesterday I walked outside to find one of my pullets decapitated and half-pulled through the chicken pen. Whatever got her couldn't get her out, but managed to kill her all the same. At first I figured it was a neighborhood cat, and the pullet, her name was Mort, was a big for her britches bird...

I have 6 chicken eggs, lockdown technically starts tomorrow, but I was candling them today and 4 of the eggs the air cell have not changed since when I marked them day14. All embryos are alive and kicking and 2 are right on track. Humidity has been between 30-50% throughout incubation, with it...

I started my chicken adventures a little backyards and got hatching eggs before having a place to put the result, I just got so egg-cited lol. My goal is 3-4 hens in my relatively tiny backyard. I had three places the coop could go, but the largest area is directly off the side of my shed. I...

Alright, so I had a batch of eggs with a 1/9 hatch rate. Have had the poor little chickie all alone in the brooder for the last couple weeks. Pretty much right after it hatched though I started another batch, they're due in about a week, so current chick will be 3wks by the time they hatch (6/8...

So living on the coast of GA, I've been paying attention to hurricane Irma and am thinking of evacuating. As if loading a handful of cats, two dogs and a chick wasn't bad enough, I have no idea what to do with my incubator that's a week in. I definitely won't leave it because there will probably...

IMO the pic isn't graphic, but some may consider it so, hence the warning. My friend has a backyard flock that she let's free range, as we all know, this opens the door a bit more to predators and she's been having an issue with raccoons. Well her solution is trap and shoot with a .45mm hollow...

Some of you have seen my other posts regarding my miracle chick and current batch of eggs incubating, but since I'm the the type to plan A-Z I'm trying to make plans for roosters. Now...live in the city, but local law allows for backyard chickens (no roosters) with the amount allowed depending...

Hey guys, Some of you have probably been watching my thread about the assisted hatch I just had where out of 9 eggs, I got one miracle chick, but this post isn't about him lol. If you're curious, you can read about it here: Hatch from Hell Tuesday (8/28, 11pm) I started another batch of 8 eggs...