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We have had chickens for several years. Right now, we have two maturing roosters in our flock. We just got ducklings for the first time and had planned to keep them with the chickens after reading up on keeping a mixed flock. However, our roosters got very tense when we put the duckling brooder...

One of my hens has been looking progressively worse from spring until now. She was a beautiful 2 year old buff orpington, but she started looking ragged last spring. At first I thought it was mites. I read that some breeds are more susceptible than others and figured this is why she was the only...

Does anyone have recommendations on landscaping plants that chickens won't mess with? My husband is I'm the landscaping industry and often beings home beautiful plants only to have them surrounded by eye sore fencing or ripped apart or dug up by the girls. If love to find something they'll...

Hi, all! I am a long time viewer of Back Yard Chickens but never took the time to be a member. I have nine lovely ladies in Naperville, IL. We previously had a flock of hens and three roosters in Rhode Island. I let my girls free range, so we have all kinds of fun and frustration with the...