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Started with the prefab. Chicken math happened, so I built a new coop. I had no plan and I had to work inside a covered run and around that. Lots of blood, sweat, tears and cursing. I'm not a carpenter and did the best I could by myself. The coop is about 8x12 with an area for each of the boys...

Are they cold hardy or not? I feel they are not, especially in consistent below zero temps reaching -50 at times.

bumble foot? How do I fix it?

I got a 16x 25 ft run that is made with pvc and heavy duty netting. It's great for every season except winter--it did hold up last winter even with a large branch falling on it, but it sagged and wasnt safe--all chickens and ducks ended up in the house. The goal was to build a new coop in one...

Do they normally lose that green tint on their heads at any time? I just noticed today that mine has--I had to do a double take between him and my girl.

i want to use this in the area by the door to the duck house but I am afraid they may eat the smaller rock on purpose or on accident. Anyone use smaller rock?

this is Willow. Will be 4 months on July 1st. She is a big girl--same size as my jersey guant(same age), sweet personality. She recently made me think I was crazy when I was finding small brown eggs in the duck area. Yesterday I caught her on that side. I bieve she is the only one escaping.

3 females(1khaki and 2 runners). Khaki has been laying for almost a year, runners almost 6 months. One of the runners and the khaki decided to take turns sitting on eggs and I kept removing the eggs. Then they decided not to lay for a few days. Then one started laying again. So today there are...

in another post I explained how two of the girls were taking turns sitting on eggs. I remove them daily. Now in the last couple days I have only gotten 1 versus 3 eggs and today it was in the pen in a corner versus the nest. It's almost like they are mad I'm taking the eggs, is that possible...

I have 4 ducks. A male khaki, a female khaki, and two female runners. I've noticed that the female khaki and one of the female runners seem to be trying to sit on the eggs. In the morning it's the khaki and at night one of the runners. I keep taking the eggs. They are not mean about it. It's...

I'm interested. Educate me. Do they need to be in pairs? Can they live with chickens? Can they live with ducks? Do they roost? How much sq footage do they need in coop and run? Will boys Attack like a rooster might? Can they eat an all flock type food? Do the girls lay daily or how often?(not...

Is that a challenge or an ok I don't want to fight? I have read both and I have two roosters. One I believe it's ok I don't want a fight And the other I kinda think it's im going to take you down and kill you... Thoughts?

i have 4 girls over a year and 8 that are almost 3 months. The rooster is almost 1.5 years old. I am going to cap his Spurs with those kitty nail caps and trim his nails. Should I wait until the younger ones are a couple months older? I don't want anyone hurt. He has been seperated since he was...

what is she? I have my thoughts but I'm not sure. This one also(both in question are the front two)

Its raining pretty hard right now and at times all throughout the day. Its 45 degrees now and will go up to low 50's. I let them out and I'm at work, but I'm worried about them. They have access to their house--I left food in their so it didn't get wet and their pool is under a shelter, so they...

We are getting another snow storm right now and the netting is not doing well. I'm planing on building a wood run around the present pvc and then roof it with corrugated clear and metal. It will be a long process and I have to do it in steps. There will be a lot of undoing this to do that. It is...

This winter was absolutely awful. Very early on a branch fell on the run and caused damage. Within a couple weeks of fixing it the weather became brutal. I said screw it and brought all the chickens and ducks inside. Temps are getting better(they are actually calling for snow next...

One of my new chicks has an issue with the beak. They are 3 weeks old. She is way smaller and I noticed that her beak stays open. It seems the upper and lower are the same size. Do I trim the top or bottom? I originally thought the bottom but then I read the bottom is slightly longer so thrn...

I picked up 8 chicks. One silver lace polish and a white crested polish. All the chicks are growing but the silver lace is still pretty small compared to the rest. I call her tiny or lil one. They are about 3 weeks. She eats, drinks, plays, roosts and poops just like the others, but I feel...

Not the best pictures because they are always moving Front one Front one back one--due to lighting one of these is the one of the abo e ones---I think