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I have 6 hens, 16 weeks old. One of them squawks until we let her out of the run!!! It's becoming very annoying. They have plenty of food and water, some treats to scratch around for and still she sqwaks. She starts early in the am, quiets after I go out and scold her, then starts up again I'd...

Hi there all!! I have a question about my girls. They are two weeks old today and I'd really like to get them out of the house. It's in the 80's during the day and in the 50's at night. Can I put them in their coop/brooder ? With the heatlamp for nighttime. They are bantams. I hate that they're...

Four of my five are growing great except for the tiny one. I hope you tell in the pics. She is half the size of the others, is eating okay, drinking and pooing alright, but just doesn't seem to be growing. She is developing new wing feathers to some extent but not as far along as the others and...

Well, I started feeding my two girls meal worms (from a very reliable source!) and to say they loved them would be an understatement. While in the run poo-scooping I came across poo with whole, undigested meal worms!! If they'd just slow down and chew.... But it is nice to see them enjoying...

Hi all! I have read that chickens only eat when they're hungry. Unlike a dog, who will eat himself sick! Well, my two eat all day long! I feed them in the morning, about 2 cups of pellets and then they get treats off and on through out the day. Maybe left over dinner or some fruit. When...

What should I be doing in this regard? We have 2 hens in an 8 ft by 4 ft run with coop. The coop is off the ground with a poo tray covered with pine shavings and DE (food grade), which I clean out weekly. The run bottom is hardware cloth for predetor proofing, on that I've put pine shavings...

I just saw my little red star lay her very first egg!! I was out working in the back yard, planting the night blooming jasmine, and the little RS started making strange noises, almost crowing! About half an hour later she was in the hen house in the nest box making little sing song sounds...

What is up with that? I came home after dark and found them sitting on the perch, outside of their coop. It's dark outside. I thought they went to bed after dark. I do have the light on in the coop. Is that the reason? They think it's daytime? They are safely in the run and secure so I'm...

Finally, our first egg from the EE!!! . It looks white in the pic but it is a beautiful green. Wa are soooo excited!!

With all the rain we've had it seems to have made a perfect breeding ground for black mold in my coop. I washed it out with vinegar and water and am letting it air dry. There isn't much sun this time of year in that part of the yard and I can't move the coop! What else can I do to beat it...

I changed to pellets yesterday from the lay crumble because they were wasting so much. No they aren't eating. And their poo is watery, white with almost whole pellets in it. Will this change with time? They need to get used to the new stuff? Should I worry? Should I crush the pellets...

Hi, why are my smilies not showing up? Or, rather, they show up as letters and symbols instead of smilie faces. Thanks, dee ps. I'm on a mac using Safari if that helps. well, this time it did!! but on my other posts it doesnt! I hate it when the computer makes a liar out of you...

My poor hens!! Their food is wet from all our rain here in San Diego. I tried putting the food under their coop "house" but it still gets too wet. Become mush!! What can i do? Put in the house where they sleep? Or do they not mind wet, mushy food? I feel so bad for them. Yesterday while...

Can anyone give me their best guess as to the age of this RS chicken? Just curious Thanks,

Ok, I've read some of the posts and given it some thought but still...when and how often should I clean out the coop/run. We live in San Diego, close to the coast to weather isn't an issue. The coop and run are all in one enclosed set-up. Eight feet long, three feet wide, and four feet tall...

Can someone take a look at my bird, the one on the right, and tell me if it is a true Ameracuana? I was told she was and that she was ten months old. She hasn't laid eggs yet, but we needed a little older bird to keep the little Red Star company.

We have two hens. One 10 months and one about 3 months old, how much should we be feeding them? When I went out this morning their food dish was empty and they acted starving! Four hours later there is still some feed out there but just the "dust" of breakfast. So how much is enough? Thanks...

Hi, everyone! I'm not only new to this forum but very new to having chickens as pets! We live in San Diego (Clairemont). We have three children, 24,22,20 and one darlilng little black dog, named Jackie. I am a stay-at-home mom and am enjoying the peace of not having all three children...