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Any update on your hen? Did she recover on her own or did you find out what caused the problem?

It's been more than a week now with only two hens now. I kept my two favorites and the ones that were the most mellow and sweet. They are still doing very well and keeping relatively quiet. There are occasions where alarm calls go off but they usually have some reason behind them. Other than...

Follow up to this situation. I created a flyer and shared it with my local feed store. Within a few days, I met a nice family that wasn't able to get chickens because of the local disease outbreak that's been going here in the west U.S. He didn't have any chickens so I gave up my two noisiest...

I let the girls out at sun up and they have the whole back yard to scratch around in. I could fence off a section just for her. I don't really have an outbuilding or garage that would work. The noise seems mostly in the morning during the laying hours and I have a feeling it's mostly her...

I might be able to separate my trouble maker from the rest for a few days but I'd be worried about the noise. She sometimes just screams for long stretches of time as it is. Mostly in the morning when everyone's laying eggs. She's mostly a noise problem first and a bully second. I'll find the...

Thanks for your insights. It helps a lot.

I need insights fam. I have four easter egger hens that I raised from chicks. One hen is especially loud, bossy, and at times aggressive to my other hens and two of my hens are very sweet and generally friendly and less noisy. The problem hen has always been a pill. The amount of noise and...

Thanks for the insights. I'll reach out in pm.

Hi fam, This is my first time with chickens. I have four easter eggers and they just started to lay this month. The problem is, one of my girls always has loose stool. I was able to confirm exactly which hen for the first time the other day. This particular hen seems to be the noisiest and most...

My chickadoos are about 4 weeks old now and have lots of feathers. It's been very warm here in Southern California and I'm wondering if it's time for my girls to start living out in their coop. Here are some pictures for reference: https://imgur.com/gallery/AfXEitV The Lowest temperature has...

Interesting. I'm wonderging, did you start training your girls as chicks to be super friendly enough for advanced stuff? I'm raising chicks now. ^_^

I cleaned all my chicks vent area earlier today, each with mild poo only near their vents. Tonight all of a sudden one of my chicks seemed to be cheeping a lot. The rest are sleeping and this one keeps trying to preen her but every few seconds or so. The cheeping will come and go but the...

It's supposed to peak at 78 here in SoCal and 54 at night. I don't think the outage will go into the night. They always over-project.

I do. I'll have to get it out and see what's possible. Thanks!

I was thinking something similar. Get a box of hand warmers and pile em up. Maybe I can get some in bulk for cheap or cheep :P That or I was thinking I can boil some rocks on my gas stove and use those to retain heat in some sort of sack, then make it into a nest.

Thanks for the info. I found the info but I don't have a fireplace I can use :(

Hello friends, There's going to be a scheduled power outage in my area for 24 hours. This is going to happen around the time my chicks are 5 days old. Any ideas on what to do to keep them warm? Do I need to call off work and let them sit on me with blankets? lol Thanks for any insights and...

Neat information ^_^ So is the moral of the story to give your girls a ton of shapeable material to work into a bowl? Or perhaps Shaping a bowl of not bone-dry earth in the nest boxes along with nesting material? Thanks for the insights!

Thanks all ^_^ As soon as my bebes come in the mail, I'll do a comprehensive writeup on the Hatchery I got my chicks from.

Hi all, Farmer Jonas here to say hullo :) This will be my first time keeping chickens as an adult. I ordered four Americaunas that should be arriving Sept. 26th. I had a chicken growing up and always wanted to have some again but only recently have they been allowed in my city. Looking forward...