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I only have 2 hens which makes all chores a fraction of the work others with bigger flocks have. I don't add anything on top of the bare ground and it works fine. I use a broom and "stand up" dust pan to sweep up their poops and, again, it works great! For the runny poops I dig under them a...

She only free ranges when I keep watch on her a couple of hours a day. (Maybe that's not free range?). Otherwise, she and her friend stay in a very large chicken run, part of which is under our deck. I've checked there lots of times and, so far, nothing! I've kept lots of chickens in the...

Thank you so much for your feedback! I hope she gives me an egg soon!!!

Clucky is a black australorp, almost 9 months old. She has not started laying!!! Has anybody else had a pullet go that long before laying? Has anyone had one that NEVER laid an egg? She is healthy and she has finished a minor molt. She eats organic layer feed, free ranges a couple hours a...

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Well, gosh!!! I never would have thought a fox would climb an 8 foot lattice!!! So, do raccoons always leave a "calling card" of parts behind?

Hello, everyone. Something took my favorite little bantam hen between 5:30 - 7:30 the other evening. She was in the coop, broody, but the door was open. The feathers I found were outside the coop and I'm thinking she got up and ran and it got her outside. I would say raccoon but doesn't...

Hi! Great information! In another site I read that Koop Clean is excellent so I use that. It costs though...$17 a bale. It's made up of shredded straw, shredded hay and sweet PDZ. I've been very happy with it. Are you familiar with it? Does anyone else use it? The cost isn't prohibitive for me...

Well, thank you ALL!!! Then there's hope, after al, that Tweed could be a girl! Yay! One of the other three has started to take up his challenge now instead of just standing there. It's very interesting to watch!

Hi! I have 4 chicks and I just got them last Monday. So, I've spent a lot of time observing them and I don't quite understand this one behavior I'm seeing. One, who I'm thinking might be a cockerel, runs up to any of the other three who stretch their bodies out and flap their wings and chest...

Thank you for the warm greetings, everyone! Feeling back at home already! :cd

Hello! I can't tell you how happy I am to be here!! I was a member of the "original" BYC and came here in 2007 when everything changed hands. BUT, I gave my chickens away in 2008 (long story) and just got four little 2 month old bantams yesterday to begin chickening again! I have to pinch...

Well, it's now 7:00 p.m. And I have my OJ and rum to sleepy, sleepy! LOL!

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Thank you so much for replying! Bantam Lover, you seem to be pretty knowledgeable. May I ask one more question, please? When I brought my 2 month old chickies home, I let them poke around in a pen I made for them but they were eating the grass like they were starving and I started worrying...

Hello! I gave up my small flock in 2008 and have forgotten a lot of what I learned since I haven't really been active here very much since then. Hoping to change that now that I am adopting 4 bantam pullets in just TWO HOURS!!!!! :celebrate So, I have two questions for right now. 1). What...

Actually, my main objective is to have pets, eggs being a perk. After mulling it over, I think I'll go with four bantams. I've had both in the past and loved them all but it would be nice to get the green eggs from an Easter Egger. I seriously considered moving all of DH's stuff out of the...

I bought a very small coop so that I would be forced to only get a few birds. I think two standard size or four bantams would be all it is good for. I really wanted standard size but was hoping to get four chickens (the more the merrier, right?). If it were you, what would you do? (I had...

Oh yes! There is a run that has a roof over it attached to the coop and they can also go under our deck where there's gobs of room for them to hang out.