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I have searched for information on baby chicks outdoors. Not free ranging, but in the coop with hen, and then in a run. I can separate the brood from the other 6 ladies. So, chicks have thrived in the wild for ....ever..... I live in central Florida and the night temps are about 50 degrees...

I have seven varied hens and pullets ( almost ready to lay at 7 months after the cold.....in Central Florida) I volunteered to go with my neighbor who wants laying hens to keep her Rooster company that adopted her.... please help me avoid the obvious need for more, what prayer can I repeat to...

I have found mites and a couple of spider looking guys on the feathers that have fallen off two of 8 of my hens. I found it via a high powered lens my husband uses to view coins. Ok, so I did a diamateous earth dust on my RIR avoiding her face and upwind. But after looking at the black...

I've had hens for about three years now, and have had broodiness every now and again. The same two this time and it's been about a week. I've felt their crops before night time and they are mostly water. I pick them up and shoo them out of the nest for feeding twice a day. I take the eggs...

Do the hens stop laying eggs completely when they are molting?

I went to pick out two laying hens, but there ended not being any and I got starry eyed and went for 4 two month old chicks. I really don't care about the breed, looks like I have an Ameraucana and poss three Wyandottes (crossed because they have blue legs...) anyway, the one I am concerned...

Ok, so I have a self-assured Rhode Island Red, and a younger but larger Easter Egger with a Rooster like comb. All seven of my girls are in a 20 X 10 run plus the coop. I have had to keep them in there most of the day up to 2 pm until 4:30 when I call them back due to losing two girls two...

I choose this category because my two year old bar rock hen 'pooped' this out yesterday. She has been laying normally and has not had a full molt. I literally was right next to her as it came out. I looks like part of her fallopian tubes. there are little bulbs on the strand of red and I...

I found this youtube link to be useful. Anyone having trouble with hawks, consider Australorps or some black chicken as the hawk hates crows!!!

This is not so much a question as it is an FYI. I re read the article on molting and it mentions more protein is needed. The breeder that I bought from told me he feeds cat food for a supplement. But, I was uncomfortable doing that. Since I feed home cooked meals for my dogs, I give the...

Ok, so we know "Old Wives Tales" do have some fact applied to them. Here it goes with my experience just recently. Just acquired two new hens. 9 month old Rhode Island Reds. Lady was talking to me blah, blah, and said she "usually gets the chickens to come to her when she throws some bread...

ok, this is nothing new to most of you. Is it pullet or cockerel? So the larger Green Egger has the smaller waddles and comb, fluffy hind feathers, and I have witnessed laying on the nest and have gotten three eggs these past 7 days. Normal for a newbie. But my question is the smaller Green...

Got the last two at Rural King at 5 days old, (called Hoovers Hatchery on delivery date). One is a little larger, and hoping that I have two pullets. Here they are at three weeks old. Any ideas that they are indeed pullets???

These Starlight Green Eggers are about 2 weeks old plus or minus a day....so trying new things with them and for them. They were getting too much debris in the water container as in pix 1. So added the water container that I pushed bedding up to for access. (made the hole too high...) and at...

I went to Rural King and back the next day with Hubby! and had decided to go for the experience of baby chicks! I never heard of the Starlight Green egger! (Hoovers Hatchery and PS: asked them if they were sex linked and she had no info for me!!! hope they are pullets!!!) So after reading...

So I just have to post this. My girls used to live in a very small area, the run has doubled in size and the Taj Majal is working out well. Still tweaking some stuff. The hens seemed to appreciate my set up: boxes off the ground, roost poles for hopping up, the little walk way for easy...

I have a RockBarred hen, about 6 months old. I got her with my Astralorpe and the Rock Barred hen did have a little sneezing. I gave her super vitamins and it cleared up. The Astralorpe is laying every day, she has not. We had a thunder/lightening storm here in Central Florida last night and...

So I have a Barred Rock hen, about 18months old. Stopped laying eggs, but just before she stopped, she had two cycles of ultra thin shell. I provide oyster shell, could be manganese deficiency so I added pasta ( two or three noodles for the whole day) and a little pinch of raw oatmeal. This...

Has anyone heard of this cross? Love the Australorpe but is it a good cross with the Americana?

I have read all about egg deformities and constantly refer back to the article and pictures in the gallery. Well enough, so my hen has been giving me eggs regularly and all have just a little deposit at the apex side. She had been on layer feed her whole life before I bought her three weeks...