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I read that awesome post from 2016 on " Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors" That is an awesome post and hinged on some ideas that I was trying to conceptualize . I've got a 3 yr old flock of 14 in my coop with 2 roos ( so far so good) one was...

I have new chicks with two moms and I've been overly consumed with them for the last two weeks.. Last night I noticed my 3 year old Red Hen "Lucy".. standing in front of a water dish acting oddly. I picked her up and right away though oh no.. ascites.. because I lost a bird to that a couple of...

I'm trying again but need a few tips / reminders. I've been saving eggs for about 10 days and marking the dates in pencil. I have about 36 eggs and could get a few more to add today if need be. I have my broody section cleaned, and ready to go with a different /better set up than last time...

I'd tried to orchestrate my first hatching attempt in April, but we had a very long cold spring ( MA) and I was so busy with my garden and plants, I decided I'd give up on it for this year. They just were not broody. But then one nite about 19 nites ago I was counting chickens and came up one...

I've posted and whinned about my two roosters and I've been quiet with them since I split my coop and slowly added hens to the "left side" Thats where" Bagle" the white crested White Poli Roo is King.. and the "right side" is the realm of the white crested Black Poli roo "Napoleon" as King...

I'm about a year plus into my project and learning as I go. I have 2 roos and 13 chickens. I live on an island and try to stay well ahead with my grain so I buy more when I actually go off to lessen freight charges of shipping. ( 1). I had bought a lot of layer pellets.. at TSC and now I find...

I had posted this as an answer to the excellent video of how to drain a chicken but as it was a reply to another post I didn't get any feedback which I am needing. I have a chicken ( more than one now) with water belly and I've been searching for answers. I think I know what caused it. I...

I asked the produce manager if he had any cast off veg and he directed me to some not so clean bins outside the store where I found and amazing cache of assorted vegitables which I scooped up into a 5 gal bucket and brought home.. I chopped them up and the chickens went crazy.. Now I'm...

I've got a hen with a swollen abdomen. I gave her an espsom salt very wam soak yesterday and I checked her with a lubricated glove for egg bound and I don't think it's that as I did find an egg in her box yesterday that had been crushed and was sitting in a puddle of "egg" but looked to be in...

I believe my chicken was attacked by a hawk and injured. I free range my birds a few hours a day and keep an eye on them. I also have a group of crows nesting on my land and they provide a lot of help with the hawks.. I was in my house, saw some unusual shadows pass by, heard the crows...

My flock is: initial generation......15 hens and 1 Polish Roo New Chicks Early Spring 2020 2nd Gen was 5 white chicks and 5 guinea hens New Chicks Early Summer? " The 2ns Gen got wiped out by hawks leaving one White Poli Cockerell and ( 4 guineas which I gave away recently ) my white...

Hello!.. I'm dealing with my first mite/lice whatever infestation and believe I have that underway using neem oil and DE... ( came to this conclusion after much ado about the bugs)... I have read that some people reported having parasite problems after buying products like straw, from a ( Chain...

My flock is 14 hens and two roosters .. each of two different gernations.. one is about 4 months older than the other.. The oldest "Napoleon" is a sweet Poli roo but has little to no tolerance for any other rooster in the flock. We have eliminated 4 of them and now our second generations...

We got a second generation (July/20) to add to our flock about 3 months after the first Gen ( April/20) which was 5 roos and 14 hens. We culled the roos down to 2 . The second gen was 5 Guinea foul and 5 white "Silkies" my daughter ordered. The hawks picked off one Guinea and all but one of...

I'm new and learning as I go. I've got a few problems I'd love some feedback on.. We culled our flock from 25 down to 21 (15hens and we have 2 roosters a big Buff Orpington and a White Crested Black Polish.) From the start the Black Poli * name is "Napoleon", took the lead. The big Orp "...

I'm older and have a less than easy time putting my shoes on and off as I usually wear trail runners in the garden as they don't hold a lot of dirt if I run in and out of my house during the day. I'm new to Chickens and coops.. and I have been spending too much time cleaning my shoes.. soaking...

I planted some peas in my garden, both chinese and regular shelling.. this fall ( too late) they almost made it and flowered but never got past that before it got to cold.. and we haven't had a hard freeze yet so the foliage is still hanging in there . I thought I might pull it and give it to...

Hello, We are raising chickens for the first time and are happy to have found a place to learn more. Thanks for being here! We have 19 adult chickens ( various breeds) but ended up with about 5 roosters.. pluse we have 4 guineas and a Silkie chick growing who looks like another Roo. We have...