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Hello, The other day I was having a conversation with one of my friends who also has chickens. We both used different methods to prevent mites and parasites on our chickens. So out of curiosity im curious what everyone else uses with there flock. What do you use for parasite prevention and...

Hello everyone, I am from Central Massachusetts and I have 4 hens that are about one and a half years old. I have my hens in a large over ez chicken coop, it’s been altered to have more ventilation at the top. The coop normally only stays about 5-10 degrees warmer than outside in the winter...

Hello everyone, I am from Central Massachusetts and I have 4 hens that are about one and a half years old. I have my hens in a large over ez chicken coop, its been altered to have more ventilation at the top. The coop normally only stays about 5-10 degrees warmer than outside in the winter due...

Hi everyone. I have four hens. They were born August 5th 2021. So they are just over a year and a month or so old. they have never gone through a molt before and I have never experienced a molt so I dont really know what I am looking for. The Road Island Red hen pictured is just losing all of...

Where I live has decided to start spraying for mosquitos, they have decided to do truck spraying through the neighborhood streets and properties. I am not exactly sure when this is suppose to happen yet, but they are suppose to send us an email when it is our time. I am worried that this will...

I was hanging out with my girls right before bed and they were all running around playing and I gave them a dish of their feed with water mixed in (so mash). Then I put them to bed and all was normal. I then looked on my camera to see if they had all settled down and then I see they are all like...

I was hanging out with my girls right before bed and they were all running around playing and I gave them a dish of their feed with water mixed in (so mash). Then I put them to bed and all was normal. I then looked on my camera to see if they had all settled down and then I see they are all like...

Hello everyone. Over the past few days I noticed a lot of feather loss in one of my hens. And minor feather loss in the other. I have four hens that are just about 9 months old. I was thinking it could be molting but they seem so young for this. I had two roosters back in January who were...

Hello! I have read so much mixed information about deworming chickens. I am still a beginner to all things chickens, so I hope someone can help answer my questions. A quick background on my chickens: I have four hens that are about 9 months old. My hens have a run in which they stay in most...

This morning when I went to greet my chickens I looked down and saw this poop in their run. If you look back on my posts, a few weeks ago I posted about my chickens having poop all over their butts. People told me to lock them in the coop/run and see if the diarrhea goes away. Well sometimes it...

I have been using pine bedding for 7 months since I got my 4 hens and I hate it. I hate how dirty it gets and how it stinks and goes every where. I am not a huge fan of he deep liter method, I tried it and it was just awful, I couldn't stand having to clean it out after a few months and I live...

I have four hens all around 6 1/2 months old. They are all laying eggs completely normally and eating fine. It seems like out of nowhere my hens developed really dirty butts. What could be causing this? And how can I treat it?

I am completely new to chicken keeping, I have 4 hens and two roosters. All my chickens are a little over 5 months old and acting completely normal. Still eating, laying and running around like normal. Over the past few days I noticed one of my roosters developing these scab things on his comb...

Hello everyone. I had a quick question regarding double yolk eggs. Every time I get an egg from one of my hens they come out with two yolks. Is this okay for her or is it going to hurt her? I was just wondering if there was something I was doing or feeding them that causes this? I do feed my...

My Rooster is roughly 16 weeks old and over the past week I noticed a new strange behavior. Every time I go near him he squats close to the ground and creeps away. I don’t know why he started doing this as up to a week ago he would come running over to me to get his treats. It’s like he’s...

Hello everyone, So on August 5th, 2021 I adopted 6 supposedly pullets, but two turned out to be roosters. That makes my flock 2 Roosters and 4 Hens. So far no issues with aggression between the roosters, one rooster is mating with the hens however. My hens are only a little over 15 weeks and I...

Hello! I just want to say thank you to everyone who has helped me so far on my journey caring for my chickens. I just wanted to update everyone on my coop and also on the new chicken coop camera I got! Its called AlkiVision, it was 40$ and it works amazingly. You can talk through it, hear your...

Hello! I live in Massachusetts and have 6 eight week old chickens (two cockerels and four hens). I had them out in the coop last night and our temps dipped to the low 40s overnight. They have only been out in there coop for about a week and this is the lowest it has gotten. When I went out to...

Hi everyone. I recently got a bunch of pullets and I was just wondering if anyone could tell if for certain they are chickens or roosters. One of my chickens has a lot bigger comb than all the others. Pictures are attached. Please help!

So I am completely knew to raising chickens, so I need all the help I can get. Right now my 3 week old chicks are in the garage in a brooder. I do have a heat lamp as its been dipping into the 60s-70s where I live. I was wondering when do I stop giving them supplemental heat and when can I...