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I've got a mixed flock with a rooster who recently came to maturity. That said, since then, one of my hens has wound up missing a lot of feathers on her back. I say it's because she gets chosen more than the other ladies (there are 9 hens total and 1 rooster). My wife fears it's mites. If one...

I've got three 9-week-old speckled sussex chicks that were raised by my broody hen. They are still small enough to get out of the chicken run and run around in the yard a lot. For a few weeks, this was great. It made it possible for me to put their starter/grower feed outside the run, where the...

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Four quick questions from someone who has never incubated eggs but now has an incubator. 1. I'm borrowing the incubator. Do I need to clean it before using it? I've only seen once that an incubator should be cleaned out. It's styrofoam. So...what is the best way to clean it between hatches (if...

After having chickens off and on the last few years, I'm considering getting into the hatching world, just to keep my flock full and help out friends when they want a few chicks. And of course, to enjoy the process and grow to appreciate chickens even more. Anyway, I have decided to go with a...

I've got a few chickens and one of them has gone broody. I thought it was just an occasional thing, but she just stayed on the nest all night. When I opened the coop, she was still sitting there, hissing at me, ready to peck me if I came for her. If this info helps, she lays green eggs - kind of...

I've got some white leghorns that are great layers. However, it is often difficult to get the shell off their eggs when hard-boiled. That said, anyone know what could be missing from their diet? I give them a mixture of layer pellets and scratch, and toss 'em our vegetable food scraps. Any...

So, my kids and the neighbors' kids like playing with our chickens. However, a couple of them enjoy tracking down a chicken, picking her up, and tossing her in the air. The chicken flaps her wings until she lands gently on the ground. And they're not throwing the chickens any higher than they...

Greetings Fellow Chicken Lovers, I've got a problem. Just got in the chicken game a few months back. All has gone great. Well, until I put them on layer feed. All of a sudden, they're eating almost nothing each day. Granted, we toss scraps to them almost every day, and they always eat most of...