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We are new to chickens. We have 3 that we have had since they were 1 day old. They started laying about a month ago. When we got our 1st egg, I bought layer food and started mixing it in with the starter/grower. They are not eating the new food. We tried a different brand, still no. We tried...

Thank you! I'll get some tomorrow.

Not sure which of the 3 laid. They currently are on starter crumbles. Do I switch them over now to layer feed even though they are younger than the 24 weeks that the feed store recommended to me? Thank you!

Hi, When we first got our 3 chicks (a few days before Easter when they were 2 days old), "Madeline" was very noisy for the first 2 days. She cried on and off, more on than off it seemed. Well, it stopped and we were very relieved. Now, however, she has started up again. She is about 18 weeks...

I have 3 chickens that are 15ish weeks old. I have been letting them out in the yard with my 2 dogs since the chickens were 10 weeks old, sometimes supervised and sometimes not so much. So far, the dogs are not bothering the chickens or showing interest in them at all. They will, however, sneak...

Hi, We have been allowing our 3 chickens to free range in our yard for the last few weeks (they are 11-12ish weeks now). We live in a city, very close to neighbors. In their coop/run, I use pine shavings, just wondering what I should be doing for my yard. Thanks!

I worry about my chickens after being gone all day-6/7 hours. Won't you worry all the time about them? I would try really fast to make friends with a neighbor. It wouldn't be too much trouble for that person since they are already close. If you can't afford to pay someone, then maybe think of...

I free range my 3 chickens whenever I am outside and they love to sit in planter boxes eating blueberry leaves. I would like to make planter boxes especially for them to put in their run, but I am not sure what bush/plants would be best. Thank you for any suggestions.

Thank you! I was worried...

If it's in the 50s at night, do they need a heat lamp? Thank you

Hi, I have 3 chicks who will be 7 weeks old tomorrow. They won't stop eating the bedding. We have tried pine pellets, pine shavings, and paper towels. Should I be worried? Thank you for any help.

My 6 week old chicks sneeze sometimes and have done so for weeks. They have no other symptoms and seem like healthy birds (these are my first, though, so what do I know?) Anyway, hopefully yours is the same way and won't develop any other symptoms.

I don't have any advice/suggestions as to what happened. I just wanted to say I am sorry about your chick.

We did have paper towels down, but they were eating them. One would run around making a ruckus, holding it in its mouth, and then the others would come and rip it up. And they would actually eat the paper towels. Not sure why, as they always have food available? Anyway, I wasn't sure if eating...

Hi, My 3 chicks who seem healthy as far as I can tell sneeze a bit. Like they are breathing hard to get stuff out of their nose. This has been going on for 2 weeks or so and I am just going to assume it's nothing unless I see some other symptoms.

We do have a coop ready for them but it's pretty cold here still. It was so cold today for our memorial picnic today, we were all in winter coats. I think we are forecasted to be in the 60s next week, so maybe we will be moving out of this cold, wet spring that has been holding on. It really...

They will be 6 weeks on Thursday.

So, in reading about cocci prevention/treatment I saw it recommended that coops have wire bottoms so that chickens aren't in contact with poop. I was wondering if we should modify our coop and if they would really be happy on wire). I can't wire the entire yard area where they will be when they...

We have our chicks in a spare room. We bought a floor covering (roll-out linoleum from Home Depot) to go over the hardwood. I go in and clean up poop about 8-10 times each day (basically whenever I go in to check on them). Anyway, whenever I can't get one up cleanly with paper towels, I spray...

Sorry, try it now. Should be fixed.