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Hello. I may have the option to get a Yorkie/bishon mix dog. He is 2 months old. Does anyone have any experience with this breed around chickens? Or rabbits? My chickens free range so the dog would be out with them. Supervised of course to make sure safe.

I need a temporary option to secure my coop. Just found out we have a racoon. I want to purchase a large metal enclosure for the run. Inside this, I would put the actual coop. Here is my dilemma. I don’t have the metal enclosure yet. I don’t want to put hardware cloth down/trench on the coop...

Hello! I woke up this morning to 2 dead chickens! I’m trying to figure out if it was my dog or something else who killed them. My dog doesn’t chase the big original chickens we have had. She does however chase/play with the smaller ones. We have had the smaller ones for about 5 months. She...

Hello! I just caught my chicken eating amdro ant block granules. It says to keep away from pets. Does anyone have any experience with this? I don’t know how much she ingested.

Help please. I have had 5 chickens (hens) for a little over a year. My neighbor is not happy about them and called the city of Glendale today to get the chicken rules. According to my neighbor we are not allowed to have more than 1 chicken based on our space. The wording on the ordinance is...

Help please. I have had 5 chickens (hens) for a little over a year. My neighbor is not happy about them and called the city of Glendale today to get the chicken rules. According to my neighbor we are not allowed to have more than 1 chicken based on our space. The wording on the ordinance is...

I have been using sand in my coop for the past year now. I go out each morning and use a kitty litter scoop to clean. I know it doesn’t take long but I would like to not have to do it daily. If I want to switch to deep litter method would I need to somehow get all the sand out of the coop, or...

Hello all. We are bringing home an 8 week old Great Pyrannes on Saturday. Looking for tips/ideas on how to introduce her to the chickens. We have 5 free range chickens. This is a family pet, not necessarily to be trained as a livestock guardian dog. I know they are LGD however I’m not looking to...

I posted yesterday asking what my chicken had. After research seems to be a prolapsed vent. Here is my question now.. she had the red protruding out of her vent. I went inside to get a warm bath ready, preparing to push it in. I bring her inside and her vent was back to normal. Would it just...

I just noticed this on my chicken. It’s red bulging from her vent? What’s going on, what can I do? This is my first experience with any injury/issue!

Hello all! I have 5 chickens and this is the feeder I use ( see pic) I fill this up every morning. I feel like that’s too often for only having 5 chickens. I know some spills and I’m about 90% positive I’m feeding all the mourning doves in my area! What is a better Solution?? Thanks!

Our Goldie girl layed her first egg this morning! Question.. she keeps going back in the nesting box and sitting. No egg in the box.. but now she’s just sitting in the box. Is this normal after laying? This is my first chicken experience and the first one to give me an egg 😃

My girls are about 5 months now. Do they all look like hens to you? I haven’t heard a cock-a-doodledo but one of them/not sure which does make some weird noises some time??

My Princess Buttercup is about 8 weeks old. Her comb and wattle seem to be brighter than my others. Is she a Westley instead of Princess Buttercup?

I posted before about my Bertha. She/he is almost 6 Weeks. It’s the black one in the pics.. do you think I have a rooster? It’s hard to get pics of them.. do you see any others? I can only have hens in my area so trying to get it figured out!

Hello all. My girls are going on 5 weeks. I am Arizona so I have had them outside during the day for the past couple days. I want to transfer them to coop full time soon. I’m confused about food and water at night. Should I leave it out how it is in the picture, or does it need to be where...

My girls are only 3 weeks old. The laundry room is getting crowded and messy! I’m in Glendale/AZ. Temps are mid 90/high 80’s during the day and mid 70s at nighttime. Their coop is under a cinderwall structure so they will have full shade. Can I move them to their coop this early?

My chicks are about 3 weeks old. I am wondering if my silver Wynette is a Rooster :( Her/his beak/comb area seems to be much brighter than my other chicks. She is also a different breed from the rest, so maybe that’s just it? Is it too early to tell? See pics.

I have had my 5 chicks for about a week now and just needing some advice on brooder cleaning/food mess. I have the wood pellets and just not sure how often I should be changing. I have changed 2x this week so far and I just think at this rate I will go through the pellets very quickly. Also...

I am new to raising chicks, currently we have 5 baby chicks. We are getting our outside coop area ready. The coop will be under a structure (see picture) should I do deep litter method in the coop, and outside of the coop (still under the structure) Or just inside the actual coop? Also.. I...