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Ok so i have 16 hens in a coop with plenty of space plenty of food and water. Over the winter however they began picking at eachother. i thought it was due to boredom, so i gave them lots of games and things to do the picking still went on. then i found that they may not be getting enough...

ok so ive looked and looked but everything just seems to confuse me I really would like to make my own feed to save money dont really know how to and all this searching and not understanding is frustrating. So far what ive come up with is in my mix is oats, alfalfa, crackedcorn, oystershell...

So i have decided that im going to be ordering 10 CornishX broilers this spring for a test run. My brooder will be 2x4x8 wood box with a wire bottom( holes are small so feet wont get stuck), and a poop tray. Ill be feeding them dumor chick starter 24% for 4 wks and then switching to broiler...

Is anyone planning their garden for this year and is having trouble on how to grow the sweetcorn because i am and need help. I keep hearing that if you plant types of corn together the cross pollination will make them go bad . If anyoune has some insight on this I'd love to hear it.

I finally got a dozen out of my 17 pullets today im so happy. But i almost feel bad aren't they suppose to be waiting to lay to longer daylight hours and warmer weather?

does anyone know where to get ferrets in central illinois besides petco. ive also looked at paws but i dont think they have any. i would really want a couple but i dont want to pay an arm and a leg for them. please help me im desperate

So im happy to say that so far since saturday i have gotten 9 eggs from three of my girls who have just started to lay! I'm so proud of them to say the least! Has anyone else had the chicken santa visit early?

Today when is was taking care of the girls i noticed something that looked like a rock to me and didnt think anything of it until one of the girls went over and rolled it to the side. I was so excited that i ripped off the top to their box/house thing and pushed her out off the way felt kinda...

ok so ive seen many posts of peoples waterers freezing over and i have the same problem. so i was thinking that maybe i could do what some of you have done, take a clay flower pot put a light bulb inside and put the waterer on top. my dad doesnt think this will work well because he says we...

I got my first egg today from one of my leghorns and i think i know who it is ims so excited hope thers another one waiting for me tomorrow. Oh an i have no lights on them and its pretty cold and not alot of sunlight hours!

So my pullets wont go into their egglaying bucket they just pick the wood shavings out from around the fake eggs i have in their. Is there something im doing wrong? Oh and none of them are laying yet i have red and black sexlinks and white leghorns and they are 19-20 wks old.

Hi everyone so my laying hens are in a 8x2x2 box i have 17 of them 6 red and 2 black sexlinks and 9 white leghorns and are 19-20 wks. They have a 12x3x3 run attatched they are all very happy and have not had any picking and they have been in there for 3 months while we work on setting up their...

Hi everyone this spring i would like to raise some cornish x's but need alittle help on deciding some things seeing how this the first time ive ever raised a meat bird. First question is if i order straight run do i have to worry about the males crowing before 12 weeks or should i get all...

Waiting for the girls to lay eggs is terrible. I try to think of them as just regular pets and that im not really going to benefit from having them but this wore off quick. However when i went outside a few days ago to them more water because it froze over night one of them squatted for me ...

Hi everyone i know this might sound stupid but im new to the chicken business and i was just wondering if anyone could tell me how long of wait or how close they are till i get my first eggs . Here are a few pics of my 17 wk old sexlink pullets sorry about the pics did the best i could they...

My hens are all 15 weeks and are red and black sexlinks and white leghorns. Im very impatiently waiting for this first egg . Ive often heard they start to squat before they lay so is that the only thing that will tell me they are about to or are there other ways? As you can see im pretty new to...

Just recently i was looking at the ordinance of my area because it really and honestly never occurred to me that keeping chickens is illegal. Well guess what it is But thats not really my problem, my problem is i have to hide them from the inspector thats coming to check on unfinished shed...

Ive heard that you can feed your hens crack corn before winter to get them ready for the cooler temps is this true?

Is the illinois winters ok for the white leghorns? I know the red and black sexlinks will be fine but what about them do i have to add heat to the coop?

Just going to say that this is my first time raising chickens and dont really have a good idea of how to feed them. Ok so my pullets will be 15 next week. Im running out of grower but have already purchased 3 bags of layer feed can i put them on the layer or do i have to wait for awhile and get...