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I thought the problem might be solved by giving a few away- I had enough square space for all of them, but they may have felt crowded, so I found another coop and gave two to my mother in law. Then we lost one to a hawk. Today, one hen showed up nearly half bald. So I don't think it's...

What kind of heavy metals? previous owners of our house did a lot of shooting, and there is everything from .22 brass to shotgun steel bebe birdshot around the yard. We pick it up everywhere we see it, but the birds are constantly unearthing new stuff. We haven’t found any lead yet, but I know...

Thank you. That's what I thought, but my spouse wasn't convinced.

We eat our first homegrown chicken today. I've tried a morsel, and it's true- it's tastier than grocery chicken. Now to convince the spouse to allow me to expand production!

I don't normally free-range my flock, but with our warmer weather, I figured I could let them into our fenced garden to eat all the winter weeds. I tried to spend time out there with them as much as I could. On Sunday, we were inviting a couple friends over for a social distance backyard BBQ...

One of my hens has a few bald spots behind her comb, and another hen is developing one by her ear. I got ahold of each of them and I don’t see any injury to the skin, no damage or skin issues... just... baldness. I’ve checked them over for mites or anything, and they all look really clean and...

1- Are you okay? Geez, your "neighbor" sounds like a worse nightmare than the roo! 2- Is the neighhbor still terrorizing you? I hope like hell he's gone, but if not, I'd say this situation calls for a lawyer and the police. 3- With someone like that on your land, I'm worried about you

Chicken Tractor is underway! We need guineas, oy.

Good Morning Virginia! I'm a new resident of Spotsylvania, and new to the whole chicken gig. I'm excited to get a flock going. Just found out we can have a rooster where we are, so the day is looking good.