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Hi, everyone.... You may have been following my ongoing saga in this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=41186 I now have received an additional letter from a neighbor telling me that my chicken noise is intolerable. I am, unfortunately, forced to give my 2 beloved...

Hi everyone, I got my coop door closer in the mail today from the UK ( http://www.chicken-house.co.uk/vsb_export.htm ) and unfortunately, it is not working for me (it opened the door, but is now stuck on open). The instructions are pretty scant and their only solution to a stuck door is to...

My friendly Ameraucana likes to come to the kitchen door, which is usually open, to beg for food. Apparently I didn't notice her quickly enough today, because she snuck up behind me in the living room and went "BUK BUK!" I jumped out of my chair. I think it's great, as long as she doesn't poop...

Hi ya'll, This might sound a little funny, but I feel comfortable posting it because I know most of you are as obsessed with chickens as I am. We are designing our wedding invites. We have chickens and we are getting married on a farm, so we want a chicken on the reply card. We're having the...

Hi ya'll, I am trying to find a good steady source of feed. I have literally purchased the last bag of feed at two different spots in Alameda and Oakland (and they have no plans to re-order). Today, I went to a very shady place in San Pablo that looked like a front for crack sales, I am not...

Wow, after about a year of owning chickens, they continue to surprise me. Last fall, I was given an eight-year-old hen by a friend of mine. I knew she probably wouldn't lay again. (edited to add: she is a full-sized Australorp) This morning, I found a teeny-tiny egg in the nesting box. It is...

Hi guys, I am so anxious and upset at the moment, I really need a bit of advice. I have only two hens, but I live in a fairly dense residential area. Ever since my Ameraucana started laying about 3 months ago, she has been ba-KAWing every fourth day or so at about 6AM. she only goes off for...

hi ya'll, i am writing this to help me think through a decision. i live in an urban environment (though we luckily have a large backyard). i have only two hens right now, one of whom was given to me by a friend - she is eight years old and doesn't lay anymore. my two girls get along great...

Ever since one of my hens started laying (about 2 weeks ago), both of my previously-quiet hens are very loud in the morning. I keep them in an 8' tractor at night, and then release them into a 10x20' pen during the daytime (and our open backyard when we are home). As soon as first light hits...

Hi everyone, I just realized how very much I love chickens. Yes, I admit, I took a bunch of cold medicine earlier and I am feeling a little goofy and sentimental. But I really, truly do love chickens, even though I've only been raising them since last July. I love that my beautiful chicken...

Well, it seems we're not the only folks who got their first egg this morning! We have had chickens since last July, but they matured right as their winter strike started... Last week, we decided that they were just NEVER EVER going to lay. Then, after much screeching and restlessness from the...

Just got back from the Stockton Poultry Show... And ended up falling in love with the silver-laced Wyandottes. Any ideas where I can get just a single pullet in Northern Cali? No one was selling them at the show, at least not when I arrived at noon. Thanks so much.

Hi! I'm new to posting here, but I've been reading a lot over the past few months. I am a naive city slicker with two hens. My 7-month old Ameraucana sounds like a goat. On every exhalation, she emits a soft "maaaaaw" sound. Then, occasionally she does what I think is sneeze - a loud, pointed...