Search results for query: *

My 4yo black star seemed lethargic for a couple of days, but would get up and act normally at times. Yesterday afternoon I found her laying down with her head twisted upside down. Her vent an head are clean, no signed of lice or other infestation. I would be very surprised if this is wry neck...

I’m planning to add a chicken moat or tunnel around my garden, trying to decide which to go with. Can anyone advise why one would be better than the other? If the moat is the recommended 5-6’ wide and high do the chickens fly out? What about foxes or hawks getting in? Do tunnels pose any issue...

I have noticed one of my hens staying in the run and not roosting in the coop at night. We’ve been helping her back in and since she seemed ok otherwise didn’t think much about it. I noticed tonight that she is stretching her neck when eating and has a large lump (golf ball size) that moves side...

We have a flock of 26 hens. The coop is about 10x12 with a large run attached. So far headwear cloth is working and we’ve never had a predator inside the coop or run. I have lost a few to predators while they were free ranging. Fox, coyote, hawk and dogs are our main predators. We don’t...

Chicken math got me over the last few years and we’ve grown from a flock of 11 to 26! We badly needed a coop refresh to allow for more roosting area and nesting boxes. I was able to add a brooder area as well (still need hinges for the door). My kids were a huge help! Our construction skills are...

My sapphire gem started laying in September. She layed two normal pullet eggs but since then had only layed shell-less eggs. Her feathers are a mess from it as well as all the other eggs she sits on when she lays. She has access to oyster grit. Any chance she will ever lay normal eggs again?

My sapphire gem layer one tiny egg about six weeks ago. I thought she must have graduated to a bigger egg size more quickly than normal and her eggs were just blending in with the other brown layers. Then I got another tiny egg a few days ago. Nothing since. I’ve never had a new layer do this...

I’ve been wanting to add a dark layer to my flock, but am hesitant to buy from our local farm store. I believe they buy from McMurray and Hoover. I’m afraid it wouldn’t lay as dark as advertised. I don’t need more chickens, so if I added another I want it to have truly dark eggs. Where do you...

I had a broody hen two weeks ago and took advantage of the opportunity to trick her into adopting chicks. It worked beautifully. I decided to add three more to the the mix yesterday. She seemed to take them...they were all snuggled in at bedtime last night. This morning they were all upside down...

This is a hen...right? She was labeled at TSC as a California White. I’m new to chickens but thought she looks like a hen. She’s so stinking aggressive though, and her comb is way bigger than my other hens. They’re all around ten weeks old. She “growls” at me when I come in the coop and has...

Of course my chickens wait until I’m out of town for two days to have an injury. We have a swing in the coop hanging from nylon mason string. I came home today to my buff orpington hanging from the string by the tip of one toe. She somehow created a loop in the string and got it wrapped around...

We’ve spotted a mink around our property. I know the wire on my run is not going to keep it out, so I tried to make my coop predator proof since the run is not. We open and close this hatch door via a pulley. Everyone is on the coop at night. The door is about 3’ up the wall and the post is...

I purchased all of my chicks on the same day. Two were a week old and the rest were supposed to be a few days old. My speckled sussex is so much smaller than the rest of them. Is this normal for the breed or is she possibly a bantam? They’re about eight weeks old now.

I’ve seen cautions about feeding too many treats. I hope this isn’t too silly of a question, but...what’s considered a treat for chicks? Anything besides crumble or just “people food”? What about things they would normally get free ranging like worms and alfalfa? Can these be overfed? My kids...

My light Brahma is about 4 weeks old. I know it’s too early to tell for sure, but the hackle feathers are so much different than my other birds...is this just the way this breed feathers out or do I possibly have a rooster?

I’ve seen some warnings against giving chickens too much hay and causing impacted crop. Just wondering about free ranging with summer coming...we have a large alfalfa field behind our house...would this cause a potential problem? Or is the caution with hay only after it’s cut and dried?

I have a flock of 11 girls that are 2-3 weeks old. I was going to buy a rooster but debating on whether to get one now or next spring when I expand my flock. Does it make any difference if they grow up together? Or if I got an adult from a local swap would I need to keep him separate from the...

I was given this shed for free and turned it into my first coop! I have a chicken nipple waterer to install, and will add a door to an outside run when the weather gets a little warmer. We plan to mount a solid door over the screen ones before winter. We just moved eleven chicks into it this...

Just sharing an adorable pic of my son and his favorite of our eleven chicks, a buff orpington

Hello from Missouri! I don’t have any chickens ye, but was recently given a coop that I’m getting ready for my first flock of ten! I’m so excited!