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I have read lots of posts on here about people that have had trouble with their dogs bothering or even *gasp* killing the chicks. I wanted to post some pics of my wonderful Rotts with the chickens. Not only do they not bother them, but my male will even defend them. When the female will still...

Hi everyone. One of my pullets has a large croup that feels like it is full of small pebbles/gravel. I searched for impacted/sour croup but have not seen any mention of a gravely feeling. It is very heavy. She seems well otherwise and is still trying to eat. I withheld food for 24 hours and...

My chickens are 17 1/2 weeks and 14 1/2 weeks. I had covered up the next boxes about a month ago because they were sleeping in them. They have been sleeping on the roost for a couple weeks now, after having to put them up there every night for a few nights until they got the hang of it. I read...

This is my first time raising chickens, and have a mixed laying flock 12 weeks old. I have been using nutrena start & grow, but wanted to switch to Purina. I bought Flockraiser last night but after reading label realized it is for meat birds with 20% protein. Is it ok to feed to my chooks or...

My 10 chicks are 8 weeks old, and I am not free ranging them yet. Since they are confined to the coop/run, I throw a handful of spinach a couple times a day and would like to also throw a flake of alfalfa hay (they absolutely love it!) in for free choice greens. Is it ok to offer free choice? I...

My chicks are almost 4 weeks and the feed store recommended I switch them to chick grower. The grower is a crumble, and they hate it. I mixed half and half to get them used to it but they ripped up the newspaper looking for the chick mash. They pretty much ignore the crumble I admit the mash...

Hi, I am new to chickens and we are building our first coop. After reading tons of posts on this forum I have decided to use sand on the floor of the coop. I have two questions: 1. The floor is just plywood now, do you thinks a sheet of heavy duty landscape plastic laid on floor and stapled...