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There are all kinds of little bugs in our coop, not sure what they are, but we had problems with mites in our previous coop. Our new coop is much larger and I’m hoping it would be alright to use these bomb sprays as long as the chickens aren’t in the coop. I plan to clean all the shavings out...

We have a hen that presented with what we believed to be Ascites approximately 8-10 months ago, but when I drained the fluid it was clear. Over the past few months she has gradually filled with fluid again, therefore today, I again drained 2 1/2 cups of clear fluid. All videos I’ve watched...

I live in Northern Maine and have been away on vacation for 9 days, when I left the ground was frozen solid, but spring appears to have sprung while I was gone, resulting in my run being EXTREMELY muddy. The thaw has also thawed the feces, and now it's a mucky mess! Any suggestions on what I...

I have read some say they have painted the inside of their coop to deter mites; is this proven or a myth? We have had mite problems every year and spend many hours cleaning with Permethrin, etc. and are able to get rid of them. We have a new coop almost complete and if there are ideas on how...

We live in Northern Maine on the Canadian border, we have long, harsh winters with cold winds and blowing snow starting typically in November and continuing until at least March or April. We recently purchased a 6' X 8'-foot ice shack that we are turning into a coop. (Adding LP Smart Siding on...

I have purchased this small building to turn into a chicken coop for my seven hens. The building was originally an ice fishing shack and as you can see the inside is insulated, my question is; should I keep the insulation and cover so the chickens don’t peck at it or should I remove? We will...

my hen just layed this egg with purple/blue spots, she has been laying for months and this is a first; anyone ever see this before? Mom is golden laced Wyandotte and dad is EE.

I think my chickens have worms, we have 7 hens who don't free range due to losing many chickens to predators. One of the seven was sick last month (I made a post about it here) she was sitting with her eyes closed, explosive diarrhea and puffed up. I brought her in the house and gave her...

I posted the other day about a sick chicken, puffed up, standing with eyes closed, explosive watery poop (kind of foamy) and drinking A LOT! I kept her in the house in a small cage with me and gave her Nutri-Drench and some Tuna and she seemed to improve some, standing up in the cage and...

Went out this morning to find one of my chickens, who I'd say is around 4 years old to be "puffed" up and drinking A LOT of water. When not drinking she would stand with her eyes closed. I brought her in the house and gave her .5 Nutri-Drench and put her in a small cage with food and water in...

I have four hens and currently two, but sometimes three lays eggs with extremely thin shells and I can't seem to figure out how to remedy. We live in Norther Maine and the four currently reside in a 4x4 coop, but up until a couple of weeks ago we had five hens and a rooster with two 4x4 coops...

May be too early to tell, but thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask…5 weeks old this coming Wednesday. Both mom and dad are EE.

I have two chicks born yesterday that aren’t standing up when walking, but rather walking with their bottom kind of dragging. At first I thought one was doing that because it looked like it’s foot might be a little deformed but now I’m thinking they may just be weak, both struggled hatching...

Two chicks hatched this morning and I have three tipped eggs but one of them rolled into the shell and I believe the remains of the birth is stuck on the external pipped hole; will the chick make a new hole???

Today is the day!!! I have read what seems like hours of info on hatching chicks but it seems there are varying opinions on the temp and humidity for this time, I would love to hear what has worked best for fellow chicken lovers!! PS, this is my first ever hatch and I have a Nurture Right 360.

Is there any evidence that a rooster's crowing keeps predators away? The reason I ask if we have one rooster and five hens; he was very easy going and docile for quite a while but now he is getting more and more aggressive and is over mating the girls and can also be mean to them. The only...

I just went out to give daily meal worms and found this on the ground in the run; is it lash egg?

Came home to find one of our chickens had laid this beauty today, she typically lays 80+ grams but this is the largest so far...

This morning my husband found one of our 6 month old pulls dead inside the coop and I’m hoping someone can give me an idea of what might have happened...she hadn’t shown any signs of illness leading up to this morning, except last night when my husband went to get their water out of the coop for...

I have two hens that currently lay and the both lay ENORMOUS eggs that typically weigh between 80-87 grams. I do a lot of baking and I'm wondering if a recipe calls for a "2 eggs" should I just add one of my huge eggs? My cookies seem to be coming out flat and I'm wondering if it's due to too...