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We have a puppy who's been around chickens pretty much her entire life(she was born on a homestead and we bought her for our homestead). We know that puppies can get rough with chickens so we've been training her to be calm with them and to play with her big brother instead. He used to also have...

This is more of a rant than anything, but do eventually ask questions. TLDR at bottom. So I'm embarrassed and quite ashamed of myself for not being prepared for the scenario of my cross speak not being able to stay outside during late fall and winter. I knew she wasn't growing a thick enough...

My mother has befriended a more experienced farmer and has been taking his word for just about everything. I've talked to him and heard of some of his ideas and I don't agree with everything personally, he seems to care a lot about his animals but some of his methods just seem.... Lack luster...

So I have a young black Australorp rooster is just barely gotten his spurs in. He's so overly sexually active and very persistent on it. He's constantly force mounting hens when my old rooster is off somewhere else. He's ripped feathers off a few of my hens backs and even injured two, making a...

I have a water trough for my chickens that I clean out weekly. I tried nipples and cups but they didn't take to them and just started drinking out of the outdoor dog bowl instead so I decided to get them water trough that the dog can't have access to (I prefer to keep dog saliva out of their...

This morning our great Pyrenees thought it'd be a great idea to show our 5-6 week old chicks how to have fun the Pyrenees way while I was off cleaning their waterers. He broke one of their wings. I had heard their cries and rushed out. I thought he had just chased them but I suppose he pyr-pawed...

I was given a chicken with severe cross beak and she has very hard time eating dry food. She's on the thin side and I've been feeding her chick feed mixed with cracked corn in a mash form because it's near impossible for her to eat dry food(I also mix in oyster shells). It's just easier for her...

Hello! I got back into chickens last year and got a new batch of chicks this year. I purchased on with an issue at tsc and want to read around for awhile to see if I can find an option to help her. I currently own 11 chickens(1 roo, 3 hens, and 6 pullets). I have a feeling I'll be here a lot...