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you guys rock! I feel prepared to take on this new adventure in chicken keeping! thanks so much!

thank you for the answers! i think i will try a couple chicks under her without seperating her from the flock (but i will watch them close) my silkie has gone broody several times but i never would do this with her because she has struggled with being the underdog in the flock (they picked on...

i have a broody cochin/silkie mix... its about the time of year i can find hatching eggs and new chicks if i want to let her raise my chicks this year instead of having to set them up in the house i have some questions: 1. will she take to a couple of chicks if i place them under her after a...

Quote: what do you use in your rat snap traps? i caught a bunch at first with peanut butter but now they're onto it... we've tried cat food, dog food, random leftovers, cream cheese, etc. since with no luck. we've actually given it a break for a month or two and gone to the pellet gun but they...

i am also having the same problem (hopefully with just one chicken as i have 4 new layers and haven't figured out completely whose eggs are who's yet) so i am trying to note who is sleeping where at night but it gets tricky sometimes... this morning i found one at the bottom of the roost and in...

i think it depends alot on what you have them in now and the weather. i don't think its too early to get it as soon as the weather is nice enough to start putting them out for a couple warm hours each day. my chicks from last year i kept in the house in a big wooden run for 3 months- around 8...