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QUARANTINE QUESTIONS: I am picking up a rooster this weekend... How long do I need to quarantine him? How far away from my flock does he need to be? Opposite sides of the same barn? Or different building all together? What am I looking for in the quarantine time, just lice/mites...

Okay, we close on our new house on Monday. Then comes all the fun of moving 18 years worth of stuff. We will be moving our chicken's coop during the move. Does anyone have any advice about moving, stress, getting them use to their new land, etc. for the me about the chickens? I just...

Welcome! There is so much helpful info on here. Hope you enjoy! Your roosters are beautiful! Do you know what breeds?

Happy Monday Everyone! I hope everyone had a great weekend. We worked in the gardens and the back yard all weekend. We pulled all the dead plants out and got the gardens ready for a long winter's nap. Our chickens got to free range on the back part of our property most of the weekend...

Welcome to the group raisinemright! You have quite a list of animals there! I love Nubian Goats. I am hoping to get some when we move. I had to laugh when I red the kinds of dogs you have. It is as crazy as my mix of dogs. I have a great dane, a beagle mix, and a german yorkie (from 137...

That is hilarious. I have witnessed them with a bullfrog (young) it was not a pretty death for the bullfrog. The mice just surprised me. It was a site, let me tell you.

Does anyone on here breed and sell golden laced and/or silver laced wyandottes? I am looking for a good source for chicks this coming spring. I am wanting 6 of each. I would prefer 5 pullets and 1 rooster of each silver and gold. If you have any information on who breeds and sells them...

Jaw-dropping is a great explanation for it. I just stood there while all the chickens and mice ran around me. I didn't even have time to react.

Ew, Ew, Ew, Ew, Ew! I was out in the coop raking around the deep litter when I came across a nest of fully furred young mice. I didn't even have time to react before 26 chicken came at them from all different directions. I have never seen so much commotion in all my life. The chickens...

This of course is our first fall season with our chickens. Our grass is GONE. The chickens have depleted our backyard of anything green. I am hoping we will be closing on our new house by the end of the month, so they can have much more GREEN pastures to free range on. Our garden is almost...

Hello Everyone! I have 10 week old chicks, that are starting to get too big for the brooding box. We have 19 hens from this spring that are already laying. We have had them out in a separate pen during the day, and back in the brooder box at night. I am wondering when I should just let...

So, my girls have not been laying very well. We went from 15-17 eggs a day down to 2 eggs a day. It has slowly been getting better, but we were only getting 3-4 for quite a while. We have noticed a hawk in the area for the last couple days and we even caught it in our girls fenced in yard...

They are so cute! What do you do with their wool (or whatever you call it)?

I love the coop! That is a brilliant "upcycling" idea. I will have to think about that for our play set when the kids get a little older.

I am having the same problem. I have 20 girls that were laying. I was getting 15-17 eggs a day. We had a few hot days with a heat index over 100 and then the temps dropped drastically. Suddenly, I am down to 2-6 eggs a day. It is amazing, but they are sensitive to the temps, daylight...

This is my first year at this Chicken thing, too. I just asked around about a hatchery called Murray McMurray Hatchery. I have only gotten good reviews about their service. If you can't find anyone on here, maybe give it a shot. Good luck!

Oh, so many questions... Who has ordered from Murray McMurray Hatchery? Was the experience a good one? What is the latest in the year you have purchased or hatched Cornish X/any meat birds to put up for the winter? We are thinking of purchasing some meat birds, again, but did not know if...

I am a dork. I should have known that. I ferment my feed. My layers get their layer crumbles and scratch grain fermented. Thank you for the information though.

I am sorry but I have no clue what ff is. I am so new at this. There are so many initials that I can never figure them all out.

The meat birds are so cute. What do you feed them? Keeping them separate, do you feed them differently than if you would have them with the flock?