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Hello fellow Missourians!! We live just outside of Branson and are new to the Chicken arena. Have had our RIR and BRocks for about 3 months. Just lost our 1st chicken the day before Thanksgiving. Not sure but think the squirrels got her. They have been seen coming out of the chicken condo...

Thanks, woulld really not want to have to heat as it could be a potential fire hazzard. Love all the info from this site. Still no eggs this month.

This is my first winter having chickens. We live in SW Mo. I think my RIReds are molting but not sure. The feathers have turned white and most of feathers almost gone. Also my Barred Rocks are not looking too grand either. They have a really nice condo but do I need to worry about then in...

My hens are about 9 months old I think. We did get a new Rooster and they all had the sniffles for a while but think we got that cleared up and then we did worm them. I have only gotten one so guess I won't worry too much. We do have osyter shell for them and I also crumble and feed them...

Can anyone tell me why all of a sudden my chickens are laying eggs with egg shells so thin that when they get get from laying the egg breaks. Please help!!!!!!

Thank you so much will give that a try. Any other ideas? This is a Rhode Island Red.

Please help. I have one hen who seems to want to sleep all day. They have just finished two weeks of antibotics for runny noses & cough. Now I have no idea what is wrong with this one. Very new to all of this but we are already very attached. Can anyone give us some suggestions. She walks...

So to freeze the eggs all you do is salt the yokes and freeze them in ice trays. What a brilliant idea! Thanks for all the good information. Love this site above all others.

One of my Rock Barred hens is standning on one foot and put head under wing while out in yard. Now others are pecking at her beak. What is wrong an any suggestions????

Will it hurt my chickens to be on concrete? I have straw down for them to scratch in but the pen is on concrete. Also can I use oak shavings in the nest as we don't have pine here. Thanks for all the good info!

Just bought our first 8 Rhode Island Reds & 4 Barred Rocks on Saturday. Boy this is really new to us but we live on 160 acres and decided we needed animals again. Hubby built a wonderful coop which the chickens took to immediately. Had eggs the very next day. Thanks for all the info and...