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Well, our 8 chickens had been doing well. We are into our second year with them. We have a mixed flock. One of the larger birds (fairly dominant) went broody, so after reading some of the options, we decided to put her in a wire cage w/food and water for a few days. When she was let out, we had...

Hello, Started with 8 chickens last year and bought a Harris Farms galvanized waterer. It didn't last even 8 months before it began to rust. Has anyone else had this problem with their products and if so, can you recommend a different manufacturer of galvanized waterer. I would need a 2 or 3...

Hi All, I was recently offered free plastic pallets by a friend for the inside of our chicken run. The run measures about 7' x 13'. It is screened and has a roof and walk-in door. Because of where we situated the coop and run, we get snow melt runoff from a small rise next to the coop. In the...

I'd like to thank all those who offered support, suggestions and compassion with the loss of one of our first chickens due to an intruder putting a mushroom into their coop. As I mentioned in my first posting I have locks (10) on all coop and run doors. We have added 3 new chickens (that was an...

Hello All, Just thought I'd post this information that recently occurred with our flock of 6 chickens. We have them in a coop with a large covered roofed run. We had never locked the doors to the coop or run, but simply used carabiner clips on the latches. Well, my wife when out early one...

Hello All, Haven't posted in a while. Life's been busy. Couple of questions...first, I have had a couple of eggs with some light blood on them. Found out that can be common in new laying hens. Ok, second...the same eggs have small brown spots on the exterior of the shell that can actually be...

Hello All, My wife and I are new to raising and I have a question regarding treats for chickens. Our daughter gave us a bag of dried, shaved Bonito fish snack pieces. It states that the contents contain 100% dried Bonito fish and is all natural. It also states on the bag that it is a good...

Hello All, My wife and I are new to raising chickens and this will be ours/theirs first winter. I have a question for the group regarding coop ventilation in the winter. We have a small coop I built from a kit that I purchased from an online site. It is about 3’ wide x 4’ long and 4’ high. The...

Hello, my name is Mark and my wife and I are new to raising chickens. We started last spring with 6 chicks. We live in north central Connecticut. We have two of each of the following breeds- Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, and Light Brahmas. We enjoy feeding them and watching their antics...

Hello everyone, My wife and I are new to raising chickens and bought 6 chicks (3 different breeds) back in April. They all did fine, but only one- the smallest chicken has been laying on a regular basis. The other 5 have not laid one egg, and here it is mid- November! They get good organic feed...