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I’m wondering which breeds best survive airborne predators? In terms of awareness, canniness, running speed, agility, and foraging skills. Live in the Southwest. Chickens are for eggs. Chicken will free range during the day and be in a coop at night. Given bag feed. Ample places to hide. Someone...

I have a real problem with egg eaters. Anyone have pics of DIY roll away nest boxes? For outside the coop egg collection?

I have been collecting and storing my chicken manure all year in plastic garbage cans. I thought I could just turn it into my soil for growing vegetables. But is this okay? What’s the best way to store it? I scrape it off my poop boards. So it’s straight poop. Second question. Last year, I made...

What is the best type of camera to catch the egg eater in the act? Inside the coop where it is a bit on the dark side. I am at work away from home for many hours at a time. Thank you.

What is this? A blood clot? How does this happen? I sell my eggs and I don’t think my customers are gonna be happy? What can I do to prevent this from happening?

My rooster has a red preen gland. Bright red skin going up his back and below his vent. He is in pain. His feathers are all dry an frizzy looking in the areas where his skin is red and they are breaking off 😳! There is no evidence of mites. I tried some triple antibiotic ointment with no...

My Roosters preen gland is red and irritated looking. There are tiny black dots around it. Not sure if they could be mites or just dirt. The skin around his vent is red. About an inch below his vent, the skin is BRIGHT red. He has some pieces of dried poop around the vent. Can anybody tell me...

I am a new flock keeper. I have spent hours reading here. Especially about cockerels and roosters. This is a precious place. I have learned everything I've needed so far here. I appreciate and pay most attention to folks that have been here a long time. I I got my chicks back towards the...

How do I make the egg hollow? And then how do I fill it up with an unpleasant tasting surprise?

My 3 New Hampshire Red cockerels have legs that have changed from yellow to red. They are 5 months old. Is this normal? I should add that their brother in a separate coop still has yellow legs.

Our cockerels have mild frostbite. I feel terrible. This is the first coop and run we've built. When we did, we didn't consider the cold New Mexico winters or DRAFTS. We messed up. The roosts above the poop boards are in front of a big opening covered in hardware cloth😳. I stapled some...

Is this frostbite? It got down to 22 degrees last night. What can I do?

I have an egg eater and I can't figure out who's doing it! They all look alike, and I gather eggs frequently but every couple days I am short eggs or find something like the picture below. I don't want the rest of the girls to start doing it too. I need advice please and thank you.

I have 17 pullets 6 months old, 4 cockerels 5 months old, and 2 ducks 2 years old all living together. At this point in time the cockerels are all pretty nice to eachother and the pullets. They don't hurt them when mating. It's all over pretty quickly, the pullet shakes herself and off she...

I thought that a dot of blood meant fertilized. But this seems like a lot of blood. This was a 2 day old egg. My customer was a little freaked out... What should I tell her?

I will be starting an evening job. I need a good automatic door with a timer. Looking for something sturdy that won't act like a guillotine and that I won't have to replace every 2 years or less. Pry proof from predators. Would appreciate comments from folks who are long time chicken owners...

I've been reading about automatic doors over in the other forum "Coop & Run - Design, Construction, & Maintenance". but nothing about predators. One of my big concerns. Anybody know how pry open proof these doors are for raccoons? I also see lots of posts from people who seem to be like...

I have 17 pullets 21 weeks old, some of them beginning to lay. I feed em All Flock with oyster shell on the side. I have 4 cockerels (anticipating, planning for problems) and 2 ducks. I have found a couple of eggs without shells on the poop boards in the morning. See attached picture. I...

There are so MANY out there! I'm a new flock keeper. I have numerous reasons for needing to know who is who. Do leg bands hurt the chickens?

I tried to copy what other folks have done, but I musta done it wrong. The feed doesn't seem to move down in the buckets and the girls don't seem able to get at it unless I shake the bucket. I used buckets from lowes, 45 degree 2 inch PVC. Pictures below.