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I had 18 birds and had them for 2 yrs before someone complained. City if Clovis told me to get rid of them and 2nd offense would cost me $600. So eone else in my neighborhood has them. Heard them this morning. Tempted to hunt them down and warn them. My neighbors all said not a problem but then...

I have EEer bantams and standard. I find that the bantams are way louder than standards because they are higher pitched. All chickens can be loud especially at laying time. I have found that the quietest birds are the red sex links and the standard EEers I got locally.I'll probably get red sex...

My RIR bannies are good layers but 1 has gone broody for a month now. No roosters. Probably parentage gave her the broody gene. These birds lay medium size eggs about golfball size only oval. I use 2 for every large egg in recipes. Works great.

I bought a dog kennel pen for $299 plus $99 for the top from Tractor Supply. It's 10x10x6. I bought tarps to cover the sides and the gaps around the top for wind proofing and rain proofing. I use a large plastic doghouse I got for free as a nest box plus a 5 gallon bucket on it's side as nester...

I give away eggs to people who are having rough times plus I give some to the neighbors. Most of our neighbors aren't bothered by the girls anyway but I like to be nice to them all. Even gave eggs to the neighbor who's dog killed 1 of my birds and hurt the one that healed up. They put up...

The lab would probably do ok but you can't know how any of them will react until you put them all out in the yard together. I know a lady with 3 birds and 2 dogs and they all run around the yard together. She has small dogs too but my dogs just aren't the type to be nice I guess. Yours may be...

We have a yorkie and a shorkie (shihtzu/yorkie) and both chase chickens. So we keep the pups in a potty pen when outside and the chicks in a fenced roaming area but I let the birdies out to eat bugs around the whole 1/2 acre of the backyard. I don't know what it is about these dog breeds but...

I haven't had but 2 eggs out of 8 laying chicks in a week because of 1 brooder. I don't know how to keep her off the nest.

I was told they don't usually go broody but I have a rir bannie that has been on the nest for a week! I can't keep her off it and it's messing the other birds up. 1 egg in a week. Not good! The breed they use to make a bannie version must have a broody gene. I don't have roosters. She lays...

I find that 2 extra hrs of light in morning keeps enough eggs on table in winter.

Sunflower kernals are great for molters but also add omega 3s to eggs and are healthier than corn for warming up cold chickies in the morning. I buy a large bag (10 lb) of shelled kernals at tractor supply for $9. I toss a handful in their pen at night when they are sleeping for a small flock of...

My RIR bannies are 24 weeks old and STILL not laying. I don't know what their mature laying age is. RIR standards lay early so I'm confused at these. The easter egger of same age has been laying a month already and usually they are late maturing in the STD size. Anyone know the maturing age of...

Thanks!!! Very helpful. She's doing ok today. She sleeps in my arms which is kind of weird since they run from me like I'm the bad guy when I feed and water them. Maybe she'll be a lap chicken now. Doubt it but you never know! This is day 1 but you can't see the whole thing. There is a hole...

Thanks everyone for the support. She is separate but in same kennel. I have a puppy and she doesn't use her crate like we want her to, so Ms Poppy is using it to get better.

No, I didn't see any intestines or anything like that. It's like the skin was ripped off her to the meat along her back. Just looks horrible. I'd take a photo but I really don't want to move her around anymore today. Maybe tomorrow.

Thanks! I didn't think about flies getting on her. Yuck!! She's in a crate but I put her in the pen with her sisters because she was screaming for them. I can't keep her in the house because our pups would constantly nag on her and keep her stressed out. The garage might be ok now that weather...

The neighbors small dog dug under the fence and got a hold to one of my RIR bantams. She has a chunk of meat missing off her back and a bunch of feathers stripped out around that area. I clipped feathers to get to it so I could see the damage. She was bleeding some so I used gauze to dry that...

My EEer bantam from Cackle is the first to lay in the RIR/EE batch I got in April. She is 19 weeks old. Even the RIR bantams are not laying yet.