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So my husband and I currently raise meat rabbits and have several hens for eggs and I would like to start raising chickens for meat. What I value: I am a huge fan of self-sustainability. I try to limit myself to what I can grow or raise and I purchase only what I can't grow myself to feed my...

I have four, week old baby chicks. They were all just fine yesterday but this morning I found one on the far side of the coop away from the light all sprawled out and breathing really hard. They're all pretty skittish but she didn't even flinch when I went to pick her up. She tweeted a little...

I just received 9 day-old chicks this morning in the mail. They were all acting normal and seemed fine when I got home from work. Tonight one of them was acting really sleepy. They all seemed pretty sleepy but this one wouldn’t startle at anything like the others. She would fall asleep standing...

Today I received 9 day-old chickens from Ideal Poultry. I can only have 4 to add to my flock of 2 but the website had a $25 minimum order fee which ended up being 9 chicks. Anyway, I like the idea of having a diverse flock of hens so I ordered 3 Australorps, 2 brahmas, 2 white rocks and 2 buff...

My husband is wanting to start raising and breeding rabbits for meat. I'm doing some research before we dive in and we're wanting to get a trio of New Zealands. We want to build a hutch sort of on top of our chicken coop and I recognize the importance of separating the buck from the does unless...

Our chickens live in his coop (pictured) most of the week. We have dogs so the chickens usually only get free run of the yard when we’re home during the weekend. But the run has started to smell awful, I can’t even stand it. We keep the coop and nesting box very clean but how do you clean the...

It is sort of a long story but today I traded my rooster (that was supposed to be a hen) for a year old barred rock hen. I currently have a 19 week old Wyandotte pullet and a 3 week old Rhode Island Red chick. My Wyandotte is being so mean to the new barred rock and the barred rock is not...

My 3 week old Rhode Island Red has had unusually watery poops. They’re mostly water with maybe a small drop of normalish poo. I’ll post a picture when she poops again. Is she sick?

So I have this 18 week old Buff Orpington that was supposed to be a pullet but she is the meanest chicken on the face of the earth and I feel like her comb and tail feathers are huge.. we live in town and can’t have roosters so that’s why I’m concerned. Any advice will help!

I have a 2 year old border collie, his name is Samson, and two 18 week old pullets. My girls are not very friendly but also not very skittish. They definitely don't want me to pick them up but have no problem eating out of my hand. If Samson is lounging around the yard they will forage around...

I am newly registered to this site but I regularly use it to answer my many chicken questions! My name is Madison, my husband and I live in the Texas Panhandle in a little town called Canyon. We have a Wyandotte and a Buff Orpington. They're not very friendly girls (esp the BO), but they are...