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Quote: Ack, excuse me for renewing this topic, but the 6-12 week estimate is very helpful, thank you green! However, if there is a newer thread, or sites one recommends re molting info, I'd sure be grateful. My hen is having "image" issues (and it's only been a week or so)--and seems newly...

Quote: There's a reason the words chicken and children have the same first letters as challenge and change! Let us know when you discover the diff bet hardware cloth and shade cloth. Here's the wire I bought to bury their perimeter (the pen/run): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009H2OHQ

hehe handy Sandy with the drill! I wish I had better answers, well, actual answers, but I do have some ideas to throw out there in re "3) What's the best material to put on the top to the crate to create a roof that would provide shade but not hold in heat?" Pet Screen (which comes in black and...

Hi Chris and RM One thing that might be used as "fuel for the fire" so to speak is to mention that many if not most of these backyard chickens have been hand-raised, in THE VERY HOME they are suddenly supposed to be 50 feet away from. What sort of SD logic is that? Follow the money.... I have...

Quote: No kidding! Shall I let my hen lay two eggs, leave them there and add two fertile ones in case she'll sit on them? Or introduce two young chicks? Or one or two older ones? And all the advice says: you never know. Not helpful

Quote: Hi Chris and everyone. Here's the latest from Kaya, http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/survival/article_7444ddce-7cfa-11e0-a67b-001cc4c03286.html (the article also appears here: http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/media/San-Diego-Magazine/June-2011/Meet-San-Diego-rsquos-Hideaway-Hens/ with one...

Dear chicken lovers, Thank you for being here! And please accept my condolences on your losses--these feathered friends are quick to steal our hearts, I have learned. This thread seems to address my issue: We had two hens, and [obviously, mistakenly] allowed them to roam a bit, and now there is...

Thank you everyone, so much! I'm about to post in the Managing Your Flock....

I've been reading this forum for a while (probably every food-related post); can someone please direct me to the best places to read about introducing a new hen (or chicks, or eggs)...my head hen lost her girlfriend (long story) and we don't want her to be lonesome. Should we get eggs and see if...