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Hello, so we just randomly decided in my flock of 6, lets just not use the 3 provided nesting boxes and lets literally just lay everywhere in the coop, even just right on top of the straw in the middle of the coop. I have cleaned out the nesting boxes, there wasn't poop or anything dirty. I am...

So we had 14 chicks delivered 3 weeks ago and I was like you know what our medium dog crate more than adequate.. until 4 days ago...they couldn't happily jump around without disrupting the rest and causing a frenzy. Got real lucky got in fb marketplace and boom Large dog crate $20 bucks!! Yes...

So we just got 14 babies two weeks ago. Currently I have an EE with heavy breathing and falls asleep it seems on the spot. If I pick her up she does chirp and freak but then she calms and falls asleep like head flopped over. This was during a little out time of the brooder. We sit in the house...

Hello! I am getting my first goslings in March and I have done some research on brooder temps for geese and I think I am over thinking them. But I know that they start at 95-90 degrees and then lower week by week as they get bigger. So I have a broder plate and a brooder pad for chicks and was...

Haha I went to collect eggs..mind you my 6 girls have been laying 6 a day for the past two days. So to my surprise when...this " "whooper" was left for me by itself. 😂 One picture shows you my large, bantam size and then this...which was def one of the big girls... surprised it didn't just roll...

A couple of pictures, omg I have never had chicken with pants... opringtons be still my heart. Then there is one I think she is an Easter egger or maybe the maran surprise. But she has mascara and I love her. They are so friendly, they come to me alot more than my first order last year did. I...

Ohh that email of your chicks have shipped is so exciting..till the anxiety sets in of will they just make it here without hiccup or delay. Luckily next two days are in the 40s. A reprieve from our teens and singles. Now to twiddle fingers and wait for my post office to tell me they are here...

Soo. I did a thing and ordered some geese, my first, 4 Chinese and 2 African no gander as of yet. The posts are very mixed about the Chinese and how they are just aggressive and not so nice. I would love to hear a difference of opinion if there is one out there. I am pretty confident taking...

I am just very excited to expand my flock. We got 6 girls last year mix of rock barred, NJ giant, Sussex, Easter egger and swedish flower hen. I am adding 14 new comers: Wynadottes Opringtons Maran Easter eggers Welsummer I decided to get a smorgasbord of new fluff butts. I cannot wait to...

So this is my first go with geese. We would like to have eggs and eventually start breeding. We have Africans, white Chinese and sebapostol coming in April. I would like to keep the lines, especially in the sebapostol. So for that to happen, am I right to assume they need seperate pens and...

I searched to see if there were any posts. But I am contemplating keeping my goslings in my house for the first couple weeks in their brooder, as we have chicks in the garage brooder. Are Geese smellier than chicks, or they about as clean as long as I keep their bedding clean and what not...

So my chicks are now almost 4 months. This is a rooster correct. Speckled Sussex. I have another and no way as much facial flange and the feathers are different. Also his/her saddle feathers, if I am identifying them properly. Have a white tip and black band before the tip. The other one...

Four day old chicks and one had super watery eyes, no sign of scratches and I rinsed with sterile eye rinse. Then I saw it....I have a little one that I have named kung Pao chicken. All my chicks are named after chicken dishes. She was pecking at the other chicks eyes and wouldn't stop. Most...

So I have read a couple posts that I've been recently put up about heating of the brooder plate, how high it should be, how low it should be that it should be angled so that the chicks can kind of find their right temperature. I just picked up my chicks about 3 hours ago and I've been watching...

Afternoon Ladies, SO I am kind patiently awaiting my new chicks...:barnieIS IT JUNE 1st yet!? Anywho I have been trying to get acclimated with more information on chickens and raising them, this is my first time. I came across a website, Chickenpedia, that has online courses and abundance of...

I am looking at using a 30 gallon, 30 x 20 17" deep, I have 5 chicks coming...is this going to be too small? Sussex (2), barred rock, Jersey giant and swedish sunshine hen. I am hoping to keep them in it for an extended time, if not has anyone used a large dog crate the metal ones, metal...

Hello, Howdy and Evening, :D I just moved to WNY with my husband, we purchased a nice home on 20 acres of land 5 mins from my husbands parents. We have two ponds and 20 acres of land to make into a small farm that we would love to raise are kids up with. I have some knowledge of gardening and...

Hello and I am a true beginner here! We are building a pen/run as well as a coop that can be moved. So our idea was that we would get a portable coop and then build a pen that it can go in for night time. We live in an area with fox, racoon and yes the allusive Minks. I have heard the horror...