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So yesterday was the first day my flock spent outside the coop, in the run. I was wondering if they would go to bed when it was dark, but as night fell, they all just slept in a heap outside the coop. So I put them back in coop where they slept overnight. This evening I tried to see if they...

This is "Runt" She is lagging far behind his siblings in terms of development. She initially had something wrapped around her leg, constricting it. That has been corrected, and behaviorally she is doing fine --s he eats, explores, poops, etc. like normal, although she is a really skittish...

These are from the McMurray "rarest of rare" egg assortment, with breeds listed here. Theoretically, they are definitely one of these breeds. Sumatras, Dominiques, Golden Laced and Silver Penciled Wyandottes, Silver, Golden, Buff Laced, and White Polish, Golden Campines, Golden Penciled...

These are from the McMurray "rarest of rare" egg assortment, with breeds listed here. Theoretically, they are definitely one of these breeds. Sumatras, Dominiques, Golden Laced and Silver Penciled Wyandottes, Silver, Golden, Buff Laced, and White Polish, Golden Campines, Golden Penciled...

I recently hatched some chicks who are now about 4 days old. I didn't get quite as many as I wanted, so I was going to buy some chicks to integrate with them. I assume the ones I buy will be one day old, but I won't be able to get them until next week, so there will be an age differential of...

I went into lockdown yesterday afternoon. I had one chick hatch this morning, and one egg zip. It has a good crack along most of it's diameter. However, all day it has done nothing more. I read that zip->hatch is usually very fast. At what point should I be worried? Is it likely to be...

I am getting ready for my first coop, and I have a couple of choices. 1) An area which could support a large coop and run, all under heavy shade (I'm in Texas). Grass does not grow in this area at all. 2) A chicken tractor, which could roam over an area of about 1/3 acre (st augustine grass)...

I was thinking about setting up my coop in an area that has these bushes with berries: http://img27.imageshack.us/i/img20110320175534.jpg Are these poisonous to chicks/chickens?

I am planning to hatch some eggs in the near future, and I have a couple of questions about roosters, which I really can't keep once they start crowing. 1) I understand it is hard to tell a rooster from a hen until they are almost full grown. Will it be easy to tell at that point? About how...