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My chickens are driving me crazy!! They have not only managed to eat every blade of grass in the run area, but now they are digging holes so large that we are twisting our ankles walking in to get eggs!! It looks like the face of the moon out there!! I know they love to dust bathe and I have no...

I was just wondering if anyone could tell me why I would get an egg that has a yolk but is completely full of blood. There was no white at all. My chickens have just begun to lay and the eggs are still small and this is the first one that has been like this. I have seen a spot or two of blood on...

I am still not sure if she is in fact a hen because she/he is only 4 months old, however this one chicken runs over and immediately starts pecking at anyone who goes into the yard area. Whether you go to pick her up or just stand there, she pecks. When they all go in for the evening and you go...

I am SO excited!! We got our first egg today but I was wondering is it normal for the first ones to be on the small side? It is beautiful, shell is hard and clean however it is about 2/3 the size of an egg from the grocery store. I thought it is probably normal when they first start laying that...

My chickens have not yet begun to lay eggs however I am wondering if someone can tell me why they would keep taking all there nesting material out of their nest boxes? I know they like to scratch through it and maybe they are still just young but I am getting a little nervous about what they are...

I have what I believe to be hens that are all 2-2.5 months old. I am thinking that some of them, although I was told they were all pullets at the farm supply I got them from, are in fact roosters. I know they will get spurs at some point, but is there a distinctive way to be able to tell at this...

I am totally new to having chickens! I just got my first 9 about 3 weeks ago and have a question. I have 5 chickens (pullets we were told!)that are a little over 3 weeks old and 4 that are a little over two weeks. I am wondering how long we have to wait before we let them actually run around in...