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I have started giving 2 cups of scratch a night to our girls...we have 33 girls right now, buff orps. Is 2 cups too much?? My main question on this is that we use pine bedding in the coop and that is where I have been giving them their scratch to try to get them moving the bedding around more...

Hi, We are finishing up with a molt, I think....finally! We have 1.5 year olds and 6 month old buff orps. I have never seen any evidence of worms but should we go ahead and deworm now while we are still not getting many eggs? How long do we have to throw the eggs out for? I read alot of...

Hi, I am still trying to decide which way to go this winter!! We did straw last year...it is a MESS to deal with when cleaning.... Will pine bedding be enough....they have a concrete floor...how thick of a layer of bedding do they need when its sub zero outside? We do have a heat lamp in the...

Hi, I've seen afew posts about giving chickens cat food for a high protein way of getting feathers to grow back... How often do you give them the cat food is my question on that..and how much??? I have 40 chickens ( buff orps ) and the other thing is that I think they are almost done with...

Hi everyone, I am in MN and winter weather is quickly approaching us here unfortunately. Last year I used straw in the coop and I am really hoping to NOT go that route this winter unless you all feel its necessary to keep them warm. We didn't lose even one of our chickens last winter even with...

Hi! We just put our 18 week old girls & one Roo in with our 1.5 year olds..all Buff Orps. We sell the majority of our eggs and sometimes some of our eggs are not that big... Is there any way at all that we'll be able to tell which eggs are from our little ones once they start laying? Should...

Hi! Our "babies" will be 18 weeks old this coming Sunday. We have 2 1 1/2 year old roos that are being taken OUT of the coop tomorrow night and given to a lady that is going to keep them for pets...forever! So I am very happy about that. What that leaves us with is: 1 year and half old...

Hi! We have 23 layers right now that were a year old in April..we have 10 more that are just about 17 weeks old. Question is on our 23 layers...we have never gotten more than 17 eggs in a day and that was a really good day...norm has been around 12 or down to 8. Lately we've only been seeing...

Our new Buff Orps will be 17 weeks old this coming Sunday...looking for advice as to how best to integrate them in with our 1 year old Buff Orps! We have had them in the same coop for quite a while now...well over a month maybe closer to 2 months. We have just had them separated by chicken...

Ok, I need some good advice on what , if anything, there is to do to stop a hen from being broody! We now have 5 of them doing this!! if I make them go outside with the others can this help to break the cycle??

Hi, We have 2 too many roosters..we have a 1 year old roo we are keeping and a 14 week old roo that I think we will also keep so we'll have about 32 hens and 2 roos. As of now...they have their own little "clicks"! Each Roo has their own set of hens...they even cuddle together in different...

Hi, We were thinking of putting a tractor tire w/ sand in it in our Run for the chickies...just so that they always have something readily available and maybe they'd enjoy running around on it too? Is this safe for them? Probably dumb question but I'd rather be safe than sorry! Thanks!! Jen

Well so far we are doing good!! I am optimistic for a total recovery at this point..maybe she'll never completely be cured of it but she is certainly doing better. She seems to back into a corner when her head goes down now and rather than not being able to control herself at all she seems to...

Ok...I have to know...this has been a confusing subject for me. I plan to pick some of this up tonight for using when I have the coop cleaned tonight. What exactly is it that you all use the DE for? It is completely safe to have around the chickens apparently? I can even dust them with it...

Hi! We are getting ready to try to divide part of our coop off to put our 6 week olds out there soon... I am coming up at a loss as to how to divide the coop so that there is plenty of room for them until they are actually "out" with the big girls. How do you all usually go about this? I'd...

Hi, I found the polyvisol w/o iron...I have little gel caps of Vit E at home...should I try to get the Vit E directly in her? Or mix it in with the food I am going to make for her tonight...I was going to try adding some warm water to her starter to make a mash out of it... Thank you!!! Jen...

I dont understand it! She was fine day before yesterday..yesterday morning she was fine...last night when we got home from work I went to clean and feed them and noticed her in there not being able to lift her head up and it was kind of crooked looking...she was still eating / drinking... This...

Our buff orps turned a year old last month.. we were getting anywhere from 9 to 15 eggs a day for the past few weeks ( we have 23 girls but the most we've had in a day for eggs was 20) but now in the last week we've noticed lots of feathers in the coop on the floor and also we have had days...

Hi, We have 10 buff orps that are 3 weeks old so ofcourse w/in the next week or 2 will outgrow the brooder... We have 26 1 year olds out in our coop and not really any way to fence in any part of that coop to put the babies in there with them.. Sounds like we need to wait until they are about...

We split an order of Buff Orp chicks with a friend 3 weeks ago...last week something got into their barn and killed 13 of their 15 chicks unfortunately. She is wondering if we would like to take these 2 chicks back and put them in with ours...they are completely healthy. I am wondering if...