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40 gallon Tupperware style container with bags of food. Can it be kept outside in the cold. We’re in the northeast. Will be inside an enclosed run. No animals will be able to get to it. Any thoughts? Their 5 gallon bucket of food is in the enclosed run all winter as well. will make out life a...

I discovered what seems to be an embryo in the egg laying room. It’s disheartening whatever it may be but hoping I don’t have a sick chicken. Can anyone identify this. Sorry for the mess all over it.

We have a 5 gallon plastic container, with 8 nipples, with an electric de-icer inside. While the water on the bottom half remains liquid, the nipples themselves are freezing up and we and we need to de-ice them each morning. Already broke two nipples doing this. The water container sits in a...

Hey guys. So this is my first year raising chickens and first winter coming up. I’ve read a lot about proper ventilation. I am looking for help amd hopefully get some proper advice from all the pro’s here. Planning on putting my 250 watt red bulb on the bottom center of their actual coop. Kinda...

So 4 of my 6 birds which were born last end of March are still not laying eggs. We had bought two additional birds halfway thru with the understanding they were younger than the rest. Obviosly not sure if that’s true as the two me were birds are already laying eggs the last few weeks but none of...

I’m sorry in advance if this is a stupid question or possibly has already been answered out there but, I just started with scratch grains and pretty much also started the layer pellets. Do you combine the two into their feed bowls or keep them separated? Thanks everyone.

Hi there, was using chips on the floor of the run. 2 months after first putting it down, depending how the wind blows, you could smell the run a bit to strong. I have 6 birds. Eggs to come either late aug. to early sept. We’ll see how the girls feel about that! Anyway, yesterday I decided to...

Hey guys. 4 chickens raised together. All about 12-13 weeks old. Brought in two new birds. 10-11 weeks old. Amd now we have drama. Seems the first set of girls do NOT Want to let the other two join in. Specifically two of the 4 are pretty bitchy. Tried separating them. Squirting the main trouble...

My coop did not come with a nesting box. I have 6- 12 week old chickens that will start laying in September. Hopefully :) Im about to build a double nesting box. My questions are 1) can it be next to where they sleep/roost/— there is a cut out there and it seems like it belongs there, but could...

I just noticed my Belvedere (12 weeks old) has a white spot at the corner of her eye. Looks like puss. Don’t want to touch it for fear of making it worse. The other eye is normal. Should I be doing anything for this or taking her to vet?

Hey there. Quick question. I have a bin of wood chips that I was using for the floor of the run. It was covered up. I opened it up and there seemed to be a stringy white stuff which might be mold. Not sure if this is safe for the birds. Please help if anyone thinks they might know. thank you!!!

I just got some great info from the members here regarding sand in the coop. What about sand for the sandbox. For the chickens to play in. I’ve read that the sand should also be rough not fine playground sand. Is that correct?

I’m sure this has been asked before. I swore I read something about the type of sand that’s better for them, but cannot locate it. Can anyone help? thanks!

Hey folks, Curious. What people are putting down in the run. I’ve read about mulched leaves, jay, sand and leaving it empty. So it’s just dirt and grass ( which is what it is at the present) any ideas and why would be so helpful. Thank you.

Hey folks, so i finally finished my run and brought the 1 month old birds out of their tupperware bin into the new coop ! Well, I put them up their and waited for them to come down, which they hesitantly did ! :) That evenin, they didn’t know to climb up their ladder to go back into the roost...

Hello there, Just got my first four chickens about 4 weeks ago. Nervous but excited!! We have 1 of each. Astralaurp Americauna Barnvelder Rhode Island red I needed a new hobby and Have been wanting to raise chickens since I was a kid. My grandfather in Argentina had them running wild round his...

Hey guys, i have four chicks that will be out of the brooder in 2-3 weeks, coop and run almost finished. I made the mistake of buying a coop from an Agway going out of business. It was a very good price but i did not raise that this one does not include nesting boxes. I believe i ca build them...

Hi guys. Hope you’re all healthy and safe. So I’m Very new to all this but after sooo many years of wanting to start raising chickens, I’ve finally found a lot of extra time on my hands (clean hands that is)! Anyway, I was able to get two chicks from a shop that was not quite straight with me...