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Hello! I have a hen that has been broody for 5-6 weeks now. We dont have a rooster, so she had no fertile eggs to hatch. When we tried to break her broody-ness and were unsuccessful, my cousin brought over a dozen fertile eggs and we put them under her last week. However... she seems to be...

I introduced an artificial light into the coop tonight as the days are getting shorter. Tonight was the first night. I have a flock of 5, 2 of them are relatively new, I’ve had them about a month now. There has been a little bit of squabbling in the yard but it seems to have been fine in the...

I currently have 3 chickens. I am looking to introduce 2 more. I know that I should keep them in a separate pen near the current one so that my existing flock members can see the new girls for about of week before putting them together. I know they will inevitably fight to determine the pecking...

Hello- I have a relatively small coop- just a roost bar and nesting boxes- and my chickens' food and water is all outside. Here in Wisconsin we get COLD winters. I'm wondering if I should put food and water inside the coop for winter? If I leave food and water outside (with heat source to keep...

My chicken will not use her one leg. She won't come out of the coop on her own because she won't go down the ramp and won't go in the coop at night on her own because she won't go up the ramp! When she's on flat ground, she tries to hop on one leg but is often unsuccessful and it results in her...

Hello! I'm a new chicken owner, and I have a girl who will not walk on one foot. This just started today. She hops on her other foot and limps around. She also did not go to roost tonight, she just layed down in the corner of the coop. From what I've been researching- it seems like bumble foot...