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Can anyone tell me what the healthiest foods to give your laying hens to supplement their regular feed? My hens are always looking for extra’s!

Our chickens are just starting to lay eggs for us. Our problem is, they are kicking the bedding out of the box and then laying the egg. Today one of the eggs were broken and we think its because it drops onto the bare wood. What does everyone use in their boxes that the chickens like? Thank...

We have 4 Buff Orpington and 4 Black Australorps that are 6 weeks old. We have a couple fake eggs in 2 of our 5 roosting boxes to help them when it comes time for them to start laying their eggs. Tonight when I looked in on them they were placing the eggs under themselves in the boxes. Isn’t...

We are newbies and want to provide the most nutritious items for our 8 youngsters. We have 4 Buff Orpington and 4 Black Austrolops. We live in Northern Michigan and moved them to their forever coop about 2 weeks ago and that was a challenge. They are very spoiled and we would like to get some...

This is our coop with one of our chicks on the roost. They don’t seem to stay on it. Instead I find them along the ledge around the inside of the coop. Will they eventually start roosting or do I need to bring the roost boards up so they are flat? They are almost 4 weeks old so I’m thinking its...

We have 8 chicks that are 2 1/2 weeks old and my daughter would like to take them out to their new coop to spend some time in it during the day. When we had the coop built it was custom designed and I had a poop box made under the roost area to catch some of the poop thinking we could put Sweet...

Just thought we would introduce ourselves and say Hello! We are in Northern Michigan and with the COVID 19 going on I decided to give my 9 year old daughter something to focus on. With no school and not being able to spend time with friends I got her involved in the life of a chicken and she...

Our baby chicks are 1 week old today:jumpy When can we give them spaghetti , egg yolks or other treats and do we need to give them chick grit as well?

We are new to raising baby chicks. Our chicks are 4 days old and we are checking to see if we are feeding them correctly. We have 8 chicks and are feeding them chick crumble. Can we leave the feed in there around the clock and is there anything we can feed them for a treat yet?

Can you tell me what material works best to put in the box under the roost? What is used in the photo?