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I have my coop located next to my garden. I want to build some type of half circle tunnel that I can lay between my garden rows so that the chickens can walk up and down between each row and eat weeds and bugs. Any ideas? I was thinking chicken wire and PVC but want to get some other opinions.

I have a large open run for my chicks who are around 10 weeks old now. I want to cut a door opening in the side of the fence that faces my pasture so when I cut the grass they can go eat grass hoppers, my problem is that some of them cant figure out how to get back in once their out. I either...

so we went on vacation to come back and find a opossum had got in the coop and eaten some eggs, but no chickens were harmed, some of the egg yolk was in the coop and I guess attracted black ants and these very tine bugs, what can i put in the coop that wont harm the hens and get rid of the ants...

so I let them out last night and they usually make their way back to the coop around dark, they havent been out in a week so I thought it would be fine. we live in a negihborhood and our house sits back off the road. This mornign my black sex link is laying dead (and stiff) in the yard, go to...

My hen has a bad case of bumble foot. Been swollen for a week now, what can I do to make the swelling go down? Will it eventually go away?

well after a month of letting our 4 older hens (2 years old) see our 13 younger chicks everyday in the coop next to them we decided to combine them. For the first 2 weeks there was some slight pecking but nothing serious, (typical pecking order stuff) this morning I come out to the coop and a...

Ok here is my situation, I have 4 hens, 2 of which are broody I think, all were born on Feb 25 so they are about 7 months old and all laying. Im looking to breed all 4 of them but cant have a rooster in my area, however 5 miles up the road there is a Hispanic family that has a few roosters (not...

I eat about 8 eggs every morning, does anyone know what birds lay the biggest or most protein packed eggs?

I have lost 2 chickens this week, they have been locked in the coop/run all week which means something is getting through the hog wire or eating through the chicken wire, im setting ever trap I have tonight until I catch everything in the area. I’ll post pictures tomorrow of the damage and...

Well our garden is slowly dying down, I was thinking about planting a food plot for the deer but then was thinking maybe there was something I could plant that my hens could eat each day, I have about .25 of an acre that has good soil in it from our garden, any thoughts? Thanks

So I have 7 chicks that we raised from a day old back in Feb, I sold all of my older chickens except a young barred rock that I wanted to keep since I didn’t think she had started laying yet, well now she is pecking the younger ones like crazy esp my RIR. Anyone know how to get her lower in the...

So I have 7 chicks that we raised from a day old back in Feb, I sold all of my older chickens except a young barred rock that I wanted to keep since I didn’t think she had started laying yet, well now she is pecking the younger ones like crazy esp my RIR. Anyone know how to get her lower in the...

So I bought these chicks Feb 25. at one day old, the two leghorns I have seem to not be nearly as big as the buffs, black sex link, or RIR. However they both have huge combs, could they be roosters? I don’t think they are but how often does mcmurray hatchery miss on guessing the sex of baby chicks?

anyone ever thought about mounting a bug zapper in the coop to give them a few extra snacks at night?

if I have a RIR rooster and a few hens, what time of year will they breed and hatch baby chicks? how do I know when to not take eggs out of the nest? will they breed anytime of year?

whats the point of having one?

Can someone explain to me in a nut shell what you look for to make a show quality bird, can you make any money at these shows? How does all this work? I want to start entering some eventually but just trying to figure out how everything works.

went to the coop today and one of our young leghorns had dug a 4 inch hole in the ground and was sitting in it on her side, I got close to her and she got up and fell back over like her foot was asleep or something. she would drag her head on the ground and acted like she couldnt walk. I through...

I am thinking about doing some construction to my coop. currently I am going into the run and reaching my arm into the doors of the coop to clean it out. im thinking about making one big section of wood cut out to cover the front that is on hinges so I can open it and have access to the entire...

I sold 4 of my 1.5 year old hens last night and one of them croaked on the way home with the buyer. He had them in a very large wire cage and the only thing I can think of is that she had a heart attack with the stress of moving. She has been fine for the past year and now this?