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I have a sweet hen that is at the bottom of the pecking order of my flock of 5 hens and she is getting bullied to the point her butt is bleeding. As soon as I noticed I gave her a bath and applied ointment. I have been cleansing it and applying vetericyn and blue kote. I was hoping the blue kote...

This morning one of my nesting boxes looked like a crime scene. I have 3 nesting boxes open and 5 hens. 2 of them have been laying for a while and 2 just started laying. I know it was my 3 oldest fighting over this one box. One of them ended up laying on the drop board in the coop which has...

Help!! I was excited to get to grandpa’s feeder but now I feel like it’s stressing out my hens and me! I did as instructed, kept it at level one for a week, and then moved it to Level 2. They are terrified of the movement. I tried making a ramp to it, putting a nesting pad on the treadle step...

Question for those familiar with Jersey Giants. I have one JG hen and I love her! She is only about 20 weeks old so I have been surprised that she is squatting when I put my palm near or on her back. She has also been going into the coop during the day and today she was sitting in the nesting...

2 of my 18 week old hens seem to be close to laying. They are going up into the coop during the day, staying in coop later in the morning.. This will be my first experience with laying hens. I opened 2 of my nesting boxes and have curtains and ceramic eggs, provided oyster shells separate with...

Advice needed. I was stressing over what to use as ground cover in my run and finally just decided to put sand under the coop and leave the rest as dirt. My 6 chickens love to lay in the sand but also love pecking around in the dirt. I wanted wood chips but have had a hard time finding them so I...

Finally finished our coop and run for our 6 hens. I have 3 - 13 week olds and 3- 8 week olds. After much stressing I landed on sand for inside the coop, sand under the coop in the run and dirt for the rest of run where I throw in weeds and things they can peck thru. They are used to sand...

Got my chicks at Murdochs at a week old and this one said Dark Brahma. As a chick she had the 2 brown stripes down her back but I know Brahma have the furry feet? Also think she is a Bantam due to her size compared to my others. Any idea what breed she is?

2 part question! My 9 wk old chicks are coop trained! Its so cute and I am so happy. But they all still sleep in a pile like they always have. They roosts out in the run during the day. Is this just because of night temps (40’s 50’s out here in Colorado). And will I need to eventually set them...

I was set on using sand in my coop and run based on advantages I had read about and the “Chicken Chick” and others recommendations. Now I am questioning it after reading an article in how it should never be used. I might be overthinking but now I am not sure what to use! I live in a residential...

New chicken owner and I think out of my 5 chicks I may have 2 roos. I am obsessing over here🤣. One of my Black Jersey Giants I am 99% sure as it was slower to feather and developed the pink comb earlier and looks different from other. Out of my 2 Easter Eggers I think the grey one may also be a...

I am a new Chicken owner. Most of my info has come from Chicken Chick but also learning as I go. Right now I have 8 week old chicks. 2 jersey giants, 2 Easter eggers and 1 ?? Murdochs said “dark brahma” but no feathers on feet so I don’t know. I am actually thinking I have a couple roosters so I...