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Hmmmm! A possible nighttime slip?! I admit that now I am worried about doing this since she hatched them on Friday. I am very happy to hear that your girls took to them so quickly! Albeit a little confused how they magically appeared! 😉🤣

Thank you for the advice! That's my husband's opinion too. I was hoping she'd be receptive to 2 more little ones. 😔

I have an orpington hen who just hatched 2 of the 8 eggs she was sitting on. As I would like a few more chickens, is it reasonable to purchase 2 chicks and put them in with her and her chicks? Is it likely she will adopt them since they are nearly as young as her chicks? Or is Is this a recipe...

That would be wonderful! If you are willing to share both pattern and the etsy shop, assuming you liked the product, that would be great! How do you and I PM here?

Thank you! Good to know I need to treat each day. I didn't want to overdo it. Would those little chicken saddle "jackets" help? Do they at all interrupt the rooster's activity? Heaven knows I have enough fabric laying around that I could figure something out or surrender and buy a few...

Thank you! Good to know that the Blue Kote I put on her before I put her in the crate was the right choice! Should I apply it again before I release her into the flock? Also, will a few weeks of being separated in the crate perhaps help the situation or have no effect on it?

Hi All First & most important, this website's participants are godsends. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I did a search through the forums and I believe that my rooster is likely the culprit. However, as I am new at having chickens, I wanted to reach out to the hive mind and see what you...

We used this for our 10 chickens and it worked very well when they were little. As they grew we kept raising the "roof". It worked well for us, as our chicks were raised in our basement in the spring where it can be pretty cool. Note: we slipped the cord thru a piece of pvc pipe in order to...

Let me preface this by saying that we are newbie chicken owners. Our 9 girls and 1 boy (all Buff Orpingtons) are about 6 months old. We've been looking thru the coop each day to check for an egg. This afternoon I spotted one egg nestled in the shavings. I was so excited that I immediately took a...

Thanks a bunch for this! The pictures and comments are helpful and fun to look at!

Fantastic idea! Thanks a bunch!

Thanks! Ive been worried because ive been told and have read dozens of times about how temperature is so important.

We are super excited chicken newbies! My husband is partway through the coop build. A huge thank you to this entire website and all of the incredibly helpful people! We spent 2 months designing and buying the supplies for the coop. Because of the very generous people on this site, I was able...

I love the humor and first-hand experience explanations! I had tears in my eyes when reading this. What makes it valuable to newbies like us is that it's real world, first-time chick parents! For example, I appreciate learning that chickens dig! I thought it would be shallow little divots...

That is awesome!!!! Very cool! Sooooooo very excited to get the chicks! Need to rein it all in until the coop is built!

:yesss: There's a chicken camp for animal trainers that I would love to participate in. Need to save up the money to do so though! Until then, I'll be holding my own chicken training experiments!

Awesome! I'm excited to clicker train the little cluckers!

Hi Christmas gift this year is a chicken coop to be built once the ground thaws! Since we are new to chickens, we are researching as much as we can about coop design, breeds, etc. I'm super excited to enjoy having hens and fresh eggs! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get...