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We've had chickens for about 3 years now and this is a first. What to do? We have a flock of 30 hens (primarily for eggs) and 2 roosters. One of our hens went broody about a month ago and we thought it would be fun to hatch our own chicks. Several weeks ago we realized that she was sitting on...

If you're anywhere near the Salem area, be sure to head over to Silverton where you can visit the Oregon Gardens and a short drive away is Silver Falls. There are at least 7 beautiful waterfalls that you can hike to and you can even walk behind a couple of the falls, seeing them from the inside...

When I built my run, I put the hardware cloth down 20 inches (both around the run and around the garden). That way no animal digging from above ground or below ground can get into either the run or the garden. I know that may be overkill for the run, but what the heck, I was already doing it for...

We have coyotes in our area. It's a pack of 4 or 5. We lost one chicken to them when we were away from the house for the entire day. As long as we're around they don't seem to come near. We put all our girls in the hen house at night and it is surrounded by an impenetrable hardware cloth fence.

We don't let them free-range when we're not there unless our daughter is home, in which case, she opens the door to the run. We have sand in our run so there's no problem with anything clogging the door. Also, I doubt that you need to coax them into the run. We leave the run door open until just...

Jayjo, I also have a fully enclosed run (all 1/2 in. hardware cloth) with the hen house inside. I installed the ADOR1 on the hen house. The run has a full height door. In the evening after the girls have all gone into the hen house I go out and close the door to the run (to keep all critters out...

Ah, yes! I remember collecting my first egg. You'd have thought it was Christmas. Congratulations and Happy Birthday!:weee

Flyinfeathers, Welcome to the forum. :frow Always glad to have another seasoned, rainy day chicken keeper around. I'm in Salem, with 21 girls in my flock, but 12 of them will be making the trip to the freezer soon to make way for the 15 young'uns on the way later this month.

I've tried both ways and it seems that it just gets spread all around. I haven't seen a single chicken actually eat it. We do save our egg shells and grind them up in the food processor, then add that to the feed. Trouble is that the amount we get from eggs doesn't last very long. Is there...

Have you tried DE (diatomacious earth)? It worked wonders for the mite infestation that we had and it's supposed to work just as well for lice. Make sure that you get "food grade" DE and that it is a pure white powder. We originally bought some supposed "food grade" DE from a local pet store. It...

Our numbers are also waaaay down lately. Today we had 5 eggs from our 21 hens. It has been between 4 and 9 for the last couple of months. I suspect that 7 of the girls are just too old. We got them about a year ago from a local farm that was culling their flock in preparation for a total coop...

8/22 with one green. We haven't gotten a blue egg in over two weeks. I don't know why she has stopped laying. I'm hoping it's just the winter doldrums and that she will start laying again soon.

I just got the EZ-151 and I'm having a devil of a time getting the protective film off. Any suggestions?

I just got an EZ-151 and I'm wondering if anyone knows a relatively easy way to remove the protective coating from the tub and stand. Also, is there a fairly easy way to remove the fingers?

CherryBlossom, A Picture would help.