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Melissa, I'm curious why you don't like your EEs? Mine (I have 3) are not very friendly, but since I lost both my super-friendly Buff Orps to hawks last fall the EE girls have become more social. I wonder if they are just grumpy because they tend to be at the bottom of the pecking order? I'm...

I grew up in Arizona (so single digit temps for me SUCK!!), but my business partner grew up in Zionsville, IN and came to college in Arizona. We've been best friends for 25 years and six years ago he asked me to come join his business (architecture firm in Indianapolis). I also teach at Ball...

Despite the cold, I got 4 eggs today (from 4 chickens!). Chickens didn't leave the run today, they stayed under roof - no footprints in the snow past the threshold of the (open) run door! They chomped down the kale I gave them midday faster then you can say chunky chihuahuas and cheese:)...

Congrats, LAMom! The parents are beautiful, good luck with the babies!

I have one Buff Orp and 3 EE's. Though they can come and go as they please during the day, they don't hang out in the coop, they're out in the air all day long. I lock them at night inside a secure run AND the coop - and close the pop door, since I have ventilation at the corners. They roost...

Sorry, meant to post that my girls are out in weather that's below 20 degrees, not 20 degrees below zero - I hope it's not *that* cold here yet!

OK, Hoosier chicken farmers, the big question is: heat or no heat?! I'm worried today with my girls out in -20, even with the 100 watt heater on the coop interior is below 20. Logic requires me to state that the girls themselves are happily running around in the sunshine and seem to have NO...