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  1. O

    Hen with Green Poop and Cold.

    My Hen looks tiresome after laying egg yesterday. This morning I observed her poop/feces is color green with white. Could somebody give some recommendations on how to treat her? Please. I'm just a beginner in raising free-range chickens, your recommendation will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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    Free Range Part Time?

    Newbie here! We have 8 chickens (just about 9 weeks old). Their coop is built into an unused stall in the barn (next to the horse stall), and their covered run extends from the coop out into the horse pasture 24 ft by 10 ft. I lock them in the coop at night. The girls have been living in this...
  3. A

    Free ranging and enclosures?

    Does anyone free range their peas? Do you build a structure for them? If so, would you share a picture? (I really want to thank everyone at backyard chickens! What an amazing and helpful group! I wasn't anticipating being a pea mom and couldn't have done it without all of the wonderful info and...
  4. zebradreams07

    Ranger breeding project

    I know I'm not the first person to have this idea, so before I dive in and go full crazy chicken lady (I'm already the crazy goat lady!) I'd love to hear from people who have attempted breeding Rangers before - from whichever proprietary line. What were your goals, what worked or didn't, what's...
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    Open Air Composting

    If I add an open air compost bin to my chickens free range garden ~ will I be asking for trouble with hawks and other predators???
  6. Ozarkhomesteader

    How to keep turkey's in the yard???

    Hey yall! So I am the proud owner of a lovely trio of Narragansett Turkey's. They are about a year old. I live on about an acre of land in the middle of a neighborhood in the middle of a giant city. There is about half an acre fenced off for my poultry to run around on, and I have 11 chickens...
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  7. WatkinsCluckers

    Stickers!

    Has anyone had issues with their free range chickens when it comes to grass stickers/burrs/goat heads? I live in Texas and every yard has some sort of sticker down here. I haven’t allowed my chickens out their run yet because I’m concerned that they’ll get hurt walking in the grass. Has anyone...
  8. ARM5078

    CHUNNELS?!? (AKA chicken tunnels)

    Hello, I posted yesterday about keeping free range chickens out of a play area. The consensus was... I can't. Now I'm onto to CHUNNELS. This seems like it could be a great alternative, but I have a couple questions from folks who have them. 1) How do you clean them? Or do you not need to? Our...
  9. Lande-la

    Free ranging next to river? Good or bad.

    Are chickens smart enough to stay out of water? I have a decent plot of land. About 1 acre. On one side of the property is a river. Not terribly deep, deepest it gets is about mid-calf. But during spring it can swift enough that I’m concerned a chicken could get caught up and drown if they...
  10. 1chip2chicks3cheeks

    Providing vegetation and bugs for a blind rooster

    Hello everyone! I've been lurking around BYC for a bit now but just decided to join to ask my own question! We rescued a fighting rooster (Joe!) who was blind in one eye. He was the very beginning of our chicken adventure! We never planned on having chickens, but took him in because it was the...
  11. reesechickpic

    coop run vs free range

    Hi all, I am sure there is a post about this out there but I wanted to put my specific circumstances into play. We are building a coop that said it is suitable for 12-15 chickens. we got 15 chicks, they're two weeks old now. after more research, I think the coop size is fine for 15 chickens but...
  12. Qualien

    Free range chukar?

    I'm hatching out some chukar eggs. I've read several posts about people who have chukar that free range, and coop at night. Some say they coop with their chickens, yes I'm aware that chickens and game birds have communicable diseases, that's not the part that I'm interested in. I would like to...
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    What Supplemental Grains Should I Feed My Pastured Chickens?

    I keep hearing about chicken owners, especially farmers who sell eggs bragging that their fully pastured chickens don't eat commercial feed but rather a specific blend of grains, sort of like custom scratch grains. The problem is that every time I try to find books about how to formulate chicken...
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    Free Range or Yarded- Newbie needs help!

    I am brand new to raising chickens and I am debating on how to manage them...we have about an acre of unfenced land and a coop that's been given to us by friends. I'd like to let them out, but I have some concerns: 1.) We live pretty close to a road that sees a decent amount of traffic. 2.) I...
  15. RidleysRoostingLadies2020

    Beginning a Backyard Layers Coop

    Hey! My name is Breanna, I'm 27 years old. I grew up and still live in a small country town in Northwest Georgia. Between four kids and school, I decided that I also needed a hobby. This hobby just so happened to involve my husband dumping his time and money into building a brooder for a small...
  16. familyfarmer4

    Jaundice comb on cockerels

    I have 3 5 month old cockerels that have very light red combs with a strong yellow hew. This morning I noticed that one had watery stools. They were hatched here and raised with the rest of the flock. They free range during the day and have access to chicken feed and fresh water. They are all...
  17. AzaleaMtnFarm

    Can 6.5 week old chicks live on their own in the winter (free range)?

    I had a wonderful Mama hen who has been raising her second flock. She loves being a mama so much that she has been raising them in below freezing nights. BUT NOW SHE IS GONE. And there are six chicks left calling for her. They made it up into the coop on their own, but will they make it...
  18. CoopersFarm

    Free Range Monsters

    Hi All, Since their arrival at a day old, (May 13, 2019) I have allowed my 8 hens to roam the 1 acre property consisting of various perennial gardens, a pool and lawn area as well as a formal vegetable garden. They sleep in a coop at night but do not have a run per se. I am gearing up for the...
  19. LizzzyJo

    Free Ranging: Animal happiness vs Risk of Loss

    I have had this topic on my mind recently. I have not had many predation issues **knocks on wood**. I understand that some chicken keepers would lose birds everyday if they were free. BUT - for those of us who have low predation, is free ranging better for chicken happiness than confinement? My...
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    Fox problem...

    We have had our 5 chickens for about a year now. No issues with predators up to this point - this weekend one of our girls passed naturally. The next day one was snatched up by a fox and it ran off into the woods with her. I think our coop is very secure - hence not having an issue with this...
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