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I have 2 galvanized waterers and they both leak to the point of spilling. I level well but it seems the rubber washers don't seal to the metal. Both have been kept inside all last year and I use plastic in the summer. The metal waterers sit on my heater for the winter. Last year they both...

I have lost one roo from black spots on his wattles and comb. The other hens pecked him to death one day last month while I was out of town for a day. Now I see a hen with a black starting about the size of a small button. I can't find any creatures on her. It kind of looks like mold. Anyone...

I have this Mille Fleur that is around 32 weeks that went broody. I have decided to let her do her thing but a couple questions. There are none of her eggs she is sitting on and as the other hens lay in her nest box when will she stop letting this happen? I have marked the 4 eggs in there. Is...

I have a 8x12 section of my barn I use for the chickens. 8x8 is the size of the existing coop and I am going to add a 4x8 section. Should I take the end wall down to enlarge the coop or leave the wall in. The wall has a 3x6 man door and a 1x1 chicken door in it. I don't know if I will ever be...

I have 17 chicks that are 12 days old. As I can now see I built the brooder to small, 2'x4'. I have an attached coop, cage that is 4'x4'x6' that is part of the outside coop. I can put a couple 200 watt heat lamps in there that will bring the temps up to the 70's a couple feet off the floor and...

Anyone have a good and cheep way keeping their chickens from sitting on the fence. My run has a 4' fence that contains the flock and for some reason they like to sit there. From time to time a couple jump out and the only way I have getting them in is throwing scratch in the run then hold open...

I would like to sweeten the soil in the run to encourage new grass growth. The chickens have eaten the greens to where the run is nothing but bare. I was thinking of lime then planting winter wheat to do a couple things. 1 more food come spring and 2 keep the mud down. My run is on a hill so...

I am down to 11 -9 week olds from a not so good situation. I had 15 mixed breeds that started loosing feathers in splotches. The more feathers they lost the meaner they got. Finally got to the point I had to cull the flock. Now started new and I have spent more time with them one on one and so...

Ordered chicks 3 week ago from Meyers. I should have checked before I left but got the wrong order. I order Buff Orps (5) and got these black and white chicks. The other black ones are Barred Rocks and 2 Jersey Giants. I know witch ones those are but I have no clue about the others. Could...

Made the bad decision of selecting chickens that don't want to stay with each other and in the run-coop. I have a 1 acre with neighbors on each side, about a hundred feet either side. Not that the neighbors mind in fact they love to watch and feed them. The point is why won't they stay home. I...

I have 9 chickens ranging from .4 to 1.5 years old. The 2 BA are having a problem with feathers. Around their necks and a small way down their chest is naked. I see no sighs of lice or mites. I did a great job cleaning the coop 5 weeks ago and with the new wood chips put 1/2 5 gallon bucked of...

and they are not Turkins. I have 2 Black Australorp hens who's feathers are disappearing from there necks. From the looks of them it seems the feathers are pulled out. Red and irritated. They are in with one Silkie roo in wait for their mates that are just 5 weeks old. Laying everyday. I have...

I picked up this day old out of Meyers misc. bin and the gal said it was a polish? I have a 1 year old white silkie roo and the feathers or what ever you call it's covering is the same as this polish. It has 5 toes on each foot if you can see them through the fluff. Do you think it is some sort...

I picked up 8 day olds today from Meyer. They had a tub with extras and the gal said the one I picked was a silkie. No feathers on the legs. I thought all silkies had feathered legs? WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWell, I can't get the picture from my album to the post. Now what, has something changed? I...

Is it possible to use a human thermometer to check the temps in the botor? I have 3 thermometers in there now and all 3 say different things. From 95.5, 97 and a bulb type that says 100. What should I do. I read in the search section to get a photographic thermometer but I can't seem to locate...

Done a bunch of searches and can't seem to find an answer. I am collecting my eggs every evening and they are in the 40's and 50's. Are they to cold to try to hatch. I wish I could collect them as soon as they where laid but just don't have the time to sit and wait. Any suggestions. rj

I have raising chickens for 3-4 years now and the last year have had 4 problems. One Maran went blind in one eye and her tail started growing sideways. She moped around a couple weeks then got so bad seeing I had to put her down. The other 3 seemed to have broken their foot-leg somehow. I have...

How warm do the eggs have to stay to place in the bator. By the time I can collect the eggs they are cold, say 40 degrees. Will eggs that cold hatch? How do people hatch collected eggs this early in the spring? rj

Here is a picture of the first roo I ever kept past 6 months. (red sex link) I put 6 four week old chicks out with the other 1 year olds. They picked on them something terrible. So I put them in a separate enclosure and this falcon had 2 for lunch. This roo was going crazy trying to get to the...

I am not looking forward to the winter ice problems. Last year I purchased a heated base for a metal waterer. I had a 3 gallon double wall waterer that most all have seen. The name I can't remember. My problem is my coop sets on the ground and with the frost it never stays level. It heaves all...