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Right now I have 8 ladies and a gentleman. My Broody Girl is currently sitting on 5 eggs, and I'm wondering how many more I have room for? Follow up: is 'trading roosters' a thing to keep the inbreeding at zero?

We let Moxie go broody last year, and she hatched one tiny little peeper. We kept mom and baby in their own little coop inside the run so everyone could get to know each other until mom decided to move into the big coop. The little peeper seemed like a normal chick; curious and hungry and not...

We got the girls who were showing some extra wear into their saddles and their backs are coming along nicely - but their shoulders (the top of their wings) are now horribly red and bloody. Are the other chickens picking at them? I haven't seen it happen, but maybe when I'm not around? Or has...

We got out there in time to scare it away, but it had already carried her to the fence, but left her there when we came charging out. At first we thought she was dead. I picked her up and held her, and she slowly came back to us. No visible wounds except a little nip off the back of her comb...

We're putting in an automatic door when we build a new coop this summer, and it's tough to figure out which is the best. I've seen good things about Ador, but we were also looking at the ChickenDoor brand. I also saw some DIY ones that look pretty simple. (This would be on the coop, not the...

Has anyone ever built a little greenhouse for their girls to use in the winter? I was gonna use an old door, some chicken wire, and some plastic sheeting to make one. That way, when it snows I can drag it to the garage, but on nice sunny winter days, the ladies can retire to their sunroom...