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I recently read some comments saying red feathers on wings and back mean rooster? Any truth to that? I ordered all pullets. I did get a free one also. Any way you can tell already? They are 1 month old.

I have a small flock of 1 year old laying hens and 7 new ones in the brooder (about 2 weeks old), when I introduce them I plan on switching to starter/grower feed for all. Do I leave the oyster shell out for the older ladies? I already have one hen who is prone to laying softer shell eggs on...

Is it normal for my 8 -9 week old chickens to be losing alot of feathers. Seems like there are quite a few feathers in the run and coop. It has been very windy so I dont know if that contributed?

My chicks have been in coop since Thursday night. They are officially already putting themselves to bed at 8 pm. However, they are not roosting on the roosts. They are sitting in the corner on the edge of wall. I had the nesting boxes there and they were sitting on edge of nesting box. So today...

We had a rough first night. Got home from work yesterday and put them out in the run, then moved them to the coop at dusk. They were very loud and unhappy. They flew all around and then all decided to fly up to the top and stay in a little space by the roof for the whole night. I went in at 4 am...

My ladies are 5 weeks and getting ready to go in the coop this weekend. We built a nice run off the coop as they will spend most of their time in there. I work 4 days a week (12 hr days) and i have 3 cats whom I won't trust with free range until the chicks are full grown. The floor is currently...

Came home from work today and was greeted by one of my little Barred Rock darlings flew up to the edge of the stock tank. 3 weeks old. I’m in for an interesting next few weeks.

Good morning! Brand new, very nervous, chicken owner with a ton of questions. My chicks are 3 weeks old, I have 6, and we are working on their coop and run. I converted an existing shed to their coop and am adding a run. I'm wondering what the best material to use for the floor and run. I was...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, brand new. Got my chicks about 2 weeks ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 6 (3) What breeds do you have? 2 Barred Rock 2 Prairie Blue Eggers 2 Starlight Green Eggers (4) What are your favorite aspects of...