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This year our hens have been VERY hard on the grass this winter, in places it's down to mud and we're going to have to replant some fairly large areas come spring. They presently have the run of a fully fenced, moderately treed acre, and do a good job putting themselves to bed at night and...

We let our three pet hens free range during the day on our fenced acre, for the past three years. Yesterday I found a bunch of feathers, and no Buffy, under their favorite tree. We have security cameras so after the kiddos went to bed we watched it...a bobcat, quick as can be, caught her and...

My 1 1/2 year old BO hen is holding her left eye closed. I noticed this this morning, but after I pulled the lid down to peek at the eye she kept it open, so at the time I assumed she'd gotten some dust, etc. in her eye. We've returned home this evening and she is keeping it closed. No runny...

From "The Tangled Nest" blog, about an Ethiopian woman and her chickens. Enjoy. http://thetanglednest.com/2009/06/backyard-chickens-ethiopian-style/#more-778

I'm wondering how long to let my broody BO sit on her two eggs. She had three, one hatched and died (not sure how, just found dead out of the nest when four hours previously had not even hatched yet). That chick hatched at day 19. It is now day 24, broody is still sitting, eggs not moving but...

We gave our broody BO three suspected fertilized eggs from a friend, they were "scheduled" to hatch Friday. Today (Wednesday) I went out at noon to see her and found the broken shell near my hen and the dead chick about a foot away from the nest box. Our BO is still sitting on the other two...

My Buff O. is brooding...again. This is her second time and she is only one year old. She's been at it for three weeks! We've been considering getting some fertilized eggs from a friend (we would like a couple more chicks) but my fear is that she will cease brooding and then we'll have...

I just put my petunias in the coop windowboxes, and I'm looking for more ideas on decorating the coop. Got any?

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My 10 year old daughter is doing a report on how eggs form inside a chicken...and you would not believe how hard it is to get a good description of this, much less with a diagram. Can anyone recommend a good book or website that has more then three sentences on the subject?

I just have to say how happy I am with the hardware cloth we used over our entire small run and coop openings. Every night we've got raccoons all around the place and the hens are safe. I think overkill is a good thing when it comes to predator proofing. It was expensive and a pain to...

My 10 year old daughter is obsessed with goats. We live on one acre in a small city, and while I haven't officially checked yet I bet we can have them. I don't know if I'm looking for ammo for or against them. We have the assorted dogs, cats, rabbits, and of course chickens, but I have thus...

We went to the NW Flower and Garden Show today in Seattle, and it was GREAT!! There were three exhibit gardens featuring chickens! One was a very cute "John Deere" style tractor, one was a nice large attractive pen with nest boxes, and one was a super cool old pickup converted into a raised...

Well, here in the land of mild winters we now have our first consistantly cold temps of the year, in the 20's at night. Don't scoff, those of you who have been below zero already! Our coop has no insulation and no extra heat source, we have only three hens in a 3X6 coop, lots of ventilation...

Cheerios! We joke that this is because we had them in a wire dog crate for a brooder, with a cut-up Cheerios box around the sides to keep them from being stuck. They come to the sliding door and peck at it until we supply the goods. Other trick-or-treaters?

GO CHICKENS!! http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010395845_videofinalist01m.html Jordan, if you're on BYC---CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I am not crafty in the slightest, but I bought one of these necklaces at our local city craft fair, and thought that BCF members might think they were cute too! She (her name is Anne) will custom make one the colors you want, I had mine made in two different colors, one side is red and the...

...is trying very hard to hatch a golf ball. I keep taking her out of the nest box, but she is jumping right back in. Any advice other then what I have read regarding a wire-bottom cage? We have only three hens, no rooster, and I don't want to give her fertile eggs to hatch. She is a real...

I think we all agree that MOST of the time, kids and chickens really bond which is pretty cute. My nine year old DD has quite a relationship with our three pet hens. She carries them around, swings with them on the swingset (!!!) and has taught them to "trick or treat" at the sliding door for...

We want to get a freezer for the garage, we are buying a quarter of beef and would like room for those extra things that never seem to fit in our regular freezer. I grew up with a big chest freezer, but it seems an upright may be easier to keep track of things...opinions?