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Hi all, we're getting our first Roo & the lady said he has not been handled by her much, he is only a 5 mo old BO. When we catch & crate him, is it best if the crate is covered so he is in darkness til we get home (half hour car ride) or will he feel better if he can see? It's a wire crate &...

Hi, I have a broody Barred Rock that decided to sit. We hadn't gotten a rooster yet so eggs aren't fertile. We are getting both a roo & fertile eggs today & my question is, what is the least traumatic way to pick her up, remove bad eggs & exchange with good ones? She is inconveniently located...

Hello everyone, I have an 8 month old Barred Rock gone broody who is sitting on a large clutch of eggs outside under the rose bush. I live in North Idaho & it's getting to be winter here. It was 38 degrees last night. I have 2 questions, one- is it possible for her hatch a clutch au naturale...

Hi all, I have Barred Rocks that free range our back yard. Their coop & pen (if we ever needed to lock them up) are located right under the outer edge of a big apple tree. When they were first outside, they roosted in the coop. Then one decided to roost in the tree one night & of course it's...

Hi, one of my polish hens hatched her first couple chicks yesterday & I noticed her comb is so so pale. She's been good about getting out to run around, eat & poop for a little bit every day but she just looks worn out. She is also doing a low gravel-y sounding growl when someone gets too...

Hi, I asked this yesterday or the day before & didn't get any replies so I think maybe I can ask it in a better way :-). I have 12 9 week old chicks. I think I have a couple cockarels in there, maybe a few, but waiting to see. My question is, do they all mature sexually at the same rate, like...

At what age are roosters old enough to do their part in producing fertile eggs for my broodies? How many "girls" does each roo need in his own little "flock" to keep both hens & roo sane? Thanks for any help! We are new to flock management as we just had 3 hens & an a-sexual rooster before...

----Hello All, we had a hen who suddenly went & stayed broody. We didn't have any fertile eggs (our adult rooster had been taken or killed) & our new ones aren't old enough to do that yet... so we posted on freecycle & craigslist & got 3 fertile eggs & switched them out with the empties she sat...

So we had one of our polish girls go terribly broody, she just had to sit on some eggs. We didn't have any fertile, so we got some from a freecycler. She has been an excellent sitter & if all went well, they should hatch in the next couple days. We've decided to let her raise her babies the...

So my chicks are about 3 weeks old now & the other day when I was dusting the chick room I put turned on the t.v. that was in there remembering there was a favorite video in it from when the kids were young. All the chicks turned toward the t.v. & stared mesmerized. I turned it off when I was...

Hi, I have a dozen chicks 10-14 days old about & they live in a kiddie pool with chicken wire sides. It's my first time with chicks so I didn't think about having them in something I could move so I could vacuum etc... But here we are & I am wondering if I can vacuum with them in there or if...

Hi all, we were brought some little week old chicks last night & one of them had pasty butt. I soaked it in some warm water until it was soft enough to fall off but when it came off we could see that the vent was poking out, not at all like the other chicks. I cleaned off the surrounding...

https://picasaweb.google.com/fiveloavestwofsh/TC# We got some unwanted by their former owner hens donated to us & 2 of them had bad feet. One of them was not as bad as this one & was clearing up within a few days of using Vaseline on her legs. But as you see in yucky photo, this one is in...

Hi, I was just given 5 chickens yesterday, 4 hens & 1 rooster & I have heard you must keep them locked in the coop for a couple of days before this is imprinted on them as their new home. Is this true? If so, how many days? They would be let out into a large fenced yard (fence is only 5 foot...