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I have 5 baby chicks that are now about 8wks old. We moved them outside to the coop (with a heat light) about 2wks ago. One of the hens adopted them and has been looking out for them. The weather took a shocking cold snap earlier than expected. My light went out last night (I didnt realize...

Our red laced blue wydonette hen is only about 5mths old. She is alive, but very stressed. She is not bleeding but seems to have a gash on her back and a chunk of missing feathers. She is stressed and panting, but other than the gash seems fine. What should I do to help her? Do I need to...

We have been lightly talking about getting another dog. We don't have one currently and we love dogs. We live in a remote area. We want a good family dog, but would love a double duty dog that could be trained to help protect our flock of chickens during the day. We saw a Mountain Cur puppy at...

Just picked up these cuties today from the mixed bantam bin. What do you think they are??? Chick 1: She has feathers on her feet and is frizzled. I am pretty sure she is a frizzled cochin. Chick 2: She is pretty tiny. My guess is a Golden Seabright. I have no idea...

ok, so our banty cochin has been head dude for over a year. he is a good roo. watches out for his girls, he is super friendly and will even let my girls pick him up and hold him. we got new chicks in Feb. two endec up being roos. one of the roos looks like a frizzled cochin/silkie mix. he...

i have two hens that have gone broody. i dont want them to be broody b/c it is just WAY too hot (getting well over 100°) most days. i have been taking the eggs fro them and shooing them off the nest everyday for two weeks now! they are still going strong! when will they give up? anything...

my Frizzle hen is the bottom gal. she gets beat up and picked on by the rst of the chickens. she is not hurt or bloody, but is missing some feathers. we free range so she has plenty of room to get away. another chicken will jump her, and she drops to the grpund, head tucked down and...

we thought the geese house was secure. we were wrong. the geese we about 5wks old. a racoon pulled a small area up and was able to get in. i even heard a racoon last night so my hubs stayed up and shot at it. twice. and it came back a third time! hubs thought he had winged it the last...

our local farm and feed store doesnt have straight DE. They only have stuff mixed with some chemical to attract bugs. Thanks!!!

so for the past year we have been free ranging. Well...lately we have lost a lot of chickens. some to a hawk, but mostly to a coyote. We thought it was a fox...but we saw the **** thing in the middle of the day in our FRONT YARD with a chicken in its mouth!!! So how big of a run do we need...

the new babies of the bunch (who are almost 5mths old) keep roosting int he nesting boxes for the night! Not the roosts!!! how do I get them to stop? they are making such a mess of it...... I only have a few older chickens, and my coop is HUGE so there is plenty of room for them to roost...

ok, my new gosling has a growth on it's stomach. I was told that it was probably his belly button. Well...it has gotten bigger and looks black and necrotic. :( Here is what it looked like on Sunday: http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z309/IGgreyhoundgirl/IMG_20120428_191405.jpg and...

ok, my new gosling has a growth on it's stomach. I was told that it was probably his belly button. Well...it has gotten bigger and looks black and necrotic. :( Here is what it looked like on Sunday: http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z309/IGgreyhoundgirl/IMG_20120428_191405.jpg and...

so the bulb in our heat lamp exploded. Weirdest thing. Well, when looking over the goslings to make sure they were not hurt from flying glass, we discovered this on the belly of our African gosling: Do we need to be conscerned with it? as you can see it has multiple nodules, but isnt...

we came home with a baby! it was a hatchery choice, but the guy thinks it is an African. he is really cuddly and friendly. very very loud when he cant see us. we only got one. we have a free range flock of chickens (about 15 ), and we thought a goose would help deter some preadors like...

my OEGB is laying outside. Found a nest of 18 eggs!!! ok, here are the specs: she is low girl on the totum pole she was laying in the boxes but now she is not 2 of my other hens went broody and mothered some chicks...so they have been pushier than usual. suggestions? also, how many hens per...

so I have a mama hen and chicks in the coop. I lost a chick today. It wasoutside and got cold and died. Is this normal that mama might lose a chick? I want to be hands off, but I also don't want to lose a bunch of chicks. Mama is a cuckoo maran, and she had 7 chicks. Shouldn't the chicks...

so I have a mama hen and chicks in the coop. I lost a chick today. It wasoutside and got cold and died. Is this normal that mama might lose a chick? I want to be hands off, but I also don't want to lose a bunch of chicks. Mama is a cuckoo maran, and she had 7 chicks. Shouldn't the chicks...

ok, I have 2 broodies. One has eggs that started piping yesterday. The other just started sitting a week ago. I was thinking of getting chicks for the new broody so she isn't broody as long. If I do this....will the 2 mama hens fight over chicks??? I don't want to deal with separating them...

ok I have a CM that has been sitting on a clutch of 4 eggs for about 2weeks now. today hubby went down there, and our banty cochin was sitting on the eggs in that nesting box, and the CM was in the next box over. so we think when the CM got up to eat, the Cochin came and sat on the eggs...