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Hello Chicken Friends, I have three two year old hens (1RIR, 1SLWyandotte & 1EE) but I really need more eggs so I'd like to get two more chicks but I am afraid to try to integrate them into the group I already have. The EE had to spend 3 weeks inside once after an injury (from an interrupted...

Hopefully someone will answer soon. I'm at a loss. I can't change the configuration of our coop. I read somewhere about dunking her in cold water up to her neck. Could that possibly work? Sounds silly.

Our year-old SL Wyandotte has been broody for 4 or 5 weeks now. We have no roosters so there won't be any chicks. It is a real problem because she chases the other hens out of the nest boxes and breaks their eggs if they lay them elsewhere nearby. I don't want to do any psychological damage or...

Hello everyone: Need some advice. We have three one year old hens (a RR, a SL Wyandotte and an EE). We want to get two more chickens in order to get the number of eggs we actually use. I'd like to get two new chicks now but my only concern is integrating them into the flock and coop with the...

Hello Chicken friends: I have three chickens. All about 10 months old. One is a RR, one an EE and one a SL Wyandotte. The Wyandotte has become very broody. At least I think that's the right term. She lays an egg and then sits on it for days on end. We have no roosters so there is no way that...

In reference to my request regarding who might take a rooster and not kill it, here's a picture of him. He is gorgeous. He's the one in the back with the black and white coloring. He's 4 months old. Thanks!

I'm sorry I didn't see this earlier! We had a raccoon attack last fall and had a similar injury. We went to Dr. Otten at All Creatures Vet in San Leandro and he was fantastic. Saved our injured chickens and didn't charge an arm and a leg. Highly recommend him!

Does anyone know a no-kill place to give a rooster to? My friend ended up with a rooster she can't keep and needs to give it away. She raised it as a pet and doesn't want it just killed for dinner. Any ideas? Thanks!!!!

Hello: This morning, I went to let the girls out of the coop and while they were drinking, I noticed that my 9-month old SL Wyandotte's butt was completely bald. It is pretty much a strip of baldness straight down from her vent. The other very downy like feathers in the area look loose and...

Hello Chicken Friends. I need some advice if possible. Two of my three hens (8 month old RIR and SL Wyandotte) have stopped going into their run and coop at sundown for no discernible reason. When I go out to close up the coop our other hen (8 month old EE) is roosting in the coop as usual...

Thanks so much for your advice! Our vet has warned us not to use blukote. Says it is really horrible nasty stuff and should be avoided. He has a great antibiotic skin cream that we used when she was wounded in the raccoon attack. It is a thick white cream that keeps everything out. I think I'll...

Hello my chicken friends. I need some quick advice When I went out to clean the yard and coop today, I noticed that my 7 month old EE has a quarter-sized wound on her back between her wings. See photo below. It was a little bloody and looks like one of the other hens (we don't have any...

I had my chicks outside in the grass (and brought grass in to them) at 4 weeks old. They loved it and had no problems. They were on non-medicated feed too.

Hello Chicken Friends: My 7-month old SL Wyandotte has been having watery yellowish poop for a few days. She otherwise seems totally fine. I haven't changed their food or anything. Should I worry? She hasn't started laying yet and I thought maybe she was getting ready to start doing that? Her...

Thanks for all the advice peeps!

Planting herbs back there is a great idea. I was hoping for some tall plants too though. Thank you!

We started out letting our chickens totally free range in our backyard. However, we just closed them into a large fenced in run area because they were stripping my veggie garden bare and pooping all over our deck. In order to make the space suitable for all our uses, we decided we needed the...