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I have a lethargic hen. I went out at sunrise to open their door from the coop to the run where the food and water are. she stayed in the coop just laying down. She let me pick her up with no complaint or trying to get away, nothing. She doesn't seem to be injured, but I guess that's still a...

My nesting boxes are incorporated into the raised coop. The coop has an open window on each side, plus the door the chickens use to get into and out of the coop/nesting boxes is open. The roof of the nesting boxes is hinged for easy egg retrieval and I leave it cracked about three inches. It...

So, our chicks have now been kept inside the coop for 1 1/2 weeks. The last couple of days, I've been opening their door to allow them access to their (well protected) run area. The chicks have peeked through the opening, but nobody has yet ventured down their ramp/ladder to come outside. I'm...

The chicks are now going on two months old and are getting too big for their brooder in the basement. It's time to move them outside into their coop. One chick we have is clearly younger than the others and less developed. We've had her as long as the others, 4 weeks, but the others were...

Today is the day we move the chicks outside to their coop. They're about 5-8 weeks old now. Some were older than others when we bought them. My question, though, deals with grit and their chick feed. Do I mix the grit in with the food and if so, what's a good ratio? Is it better to just...

I built it last year, but because it took me longer than I had planned, we delayed getting any chickens until this year (this weekend). They'll move out here in a few weeks, so that'll give me more time to finish it up. There is a third window on the back wall. It just wasn't open for the...

My wife and I are planning to start a backyard flock of chicks this spring. The coop is built and almost complete. We have the beginnings of a brooder setup in the basement for now. This will be our first time raising chickens. We plan to start with 6 chicks. We live on the front range of...