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I have 7 chickens and they are approx 15 months old (aside from toothless who is about 6 months). Im in Central MN and its getting a little cold now. This spring my egg production was 5-6 a day. Now its 1-2. Most chickens did molt over this past month or so. All except toothless and Bertha have...

Is this normal molting? None of the other 6 in the flock are doing it. Does the new feather grow from the quill base still there or will the quill fall out eventually too?

Hopefully posting in the right spot.... I have had chickens for approx a year and I just butchered my first one today due to some issues in the coop. An intimidating process.... but I believe things all went well for a first go at it. When I was butchering there was an INCREDIBLE amount of fat...

Morning everyone - I have had a flock of 9 girls now for approx 1 year. I have a chicken fort Knox coop/run with each bird having approx 15-18 or so sq ft a bird. A few days ago neighbors approached us with a lost chicken they found. It is a pretty black pullet looking to be 3-4 weeks old. Not...

I currently have one of these base style water heaters that kicks on when its below 35. It is inside the coop and works well. I have a 5 and 6 gallon double walled water container like the one below. They were outside but are now freezing too fast. The heater states on it that it is for...

My girls are going to have enough pumpkins and gourds to last the entire winter! Haha Asked a local garden center what they do/did with them and they happened to be hours away from their compost and were happy to let me have them free.

Posted once before but I thought I would put some pictures and a description up. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New this year. Got our first chicks 21 weeks ago.... Mid Summer (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 9... SHHHH! Don't tell. I can only...

Hello all! Anyone know why one (or more) of they girls are moving corn to their nesting box? Still in my first year with our backyard flock. Have 3 that have been laying in a particular box for a couple months now. 6 others are approx 17 weeks. Couple weeks ago I introduced whole corn to their...