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I started out with 5 Isa Brown chickens at 3 days old. That was 7 years ago. My 4th chicken just died of whatever the other 3 died of a few years ago. She started about 3 days ago not going to her roost at night.. She just stayed on the bed of shredded pine shavings. Yesterday she was laying...

I took my Isa Brown 1 1/2 year old chicken to the vet this week because I noticed her rear end looked like hemrhoids. They were swollen, red, something looking like yellow egg yolk glued to her vent. The vet said she had an egg stuck inside her. The vet broke the egg, got it out and cleaned...

I have 5 Isa Brown chickens - 8 months old - and 4 of them are sweethearts, laying their eggs each day in the nesting boxes. ONE of my naughty, stubborn chickens is laying her egg right off the roost and it's dropping directly on the poop board or floor and breaking and then they eat it...

I have 5 Isa Brown chickens and am wondering when they will begin laying eggs. They are 15 weeks old, adorable, but I'm not sure if I should get the nesting box ready yet. They WERE sleeping and pooping in the nesting boxes so I covered them so they would not use them yet. Also, am wondering...

My husband has finished the run and is getting ready to put the "pop" hole in the coop. How big should the hole be and should it be? Thanks.

My hubby is getting ready to make the "pop" door from the coop to the run. How big should the opening be? We have Isa Brown Chickens about 8 weeks old. Thanks.

My chicks are 5 almost 6 weeks old and are in their coop. I haven't used a heat lamp at all this week and they seem fine. I live in Belleville, Michigan but the weather at night hasn't been too cold so far. I thought chickens needed darkness at night. Do they? Or should I keep their 100...

I have 5 week old adorable Isa Brown chicks. My husband has not built a run yet so I am wondering if I can let them out free range for a while - I will be watching them at all times. OR . . . should I put them in a 5 foot fenced area to play - a circle of chicken wire - instead? Love this...

I have my first 5 chickens (Isa Browns) and they are almost 6 weeks old. They are such a joy to watch. Getting chickens has been on my "bucket list" for a long time. After 40 years of marriage my husband finally agreed to letting me have 5. Anyway, I am feeding them Chick Starter Grower 20%...

What exactly is "grit"? My chicks are 5 weeks old and eating Starter Grower 20% Protein (Purina). I don't know what "grit" is. Should I be giving them grit, too?? They seem to be thriving on this Starter Grower now. I tried giving them a little mint from my garden but they snubbed it. What...

I have a chicken coop that I had been using as a potting shed. My husband is redoing the shed back to it's original intention. We have pea gravel for the floor. Is this ok to use as is. What about hosing the poop right into the gravel to clean?

Help! I have 5 Isa Brown Chicks - my first time ever raising chickens - and they are still in a brooder - almost 5 weeks old. I noticed today that there is blood in one of the chick's stools but I don't know which chick. What could the blood be from? Is there anything I can do?