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We have six hens and we noticed that at least 3 butts are being plucked…we have tried giving them toys and things to peck at in the run and we let them out when it’s good weather, our coop can handle 14 hens so there is more than enough space, places to roost, we are concerned that one ore more...

Hello I just watched one of our hens mounts another of our hens. She is more aggressive than I am comfortable with and wanted to know if this is normal behavior. I separated her from the flock for the moment so she can’t get to anyone, she is the dominant for sure but I was not prepared to see...

So we have done all we can to make out coop pest and predator free but mice are just something I think we all deal with. We have open feeders and recently found some Mice dropping. Obviously we don’t want it but can anyone tell us what the major concerns of mice are and then i gotta figure out...

So we are going to be gone a week at the end of August and I am wondering if there was any advice on finding someone who could come and check on them sometime during that week to make sure they are cool and otherwise make sure they are doing okay? I live in the Bensalem Feasterville area i n...

We are very new backyard chicken owners. We have 1 rooster and 3 hens at 10 weeks and 3 chicks at 5 weeks. We need these girls and boys to be integrated before we leave for vacation at the end of august but the concern is are we doing it eifht 1. For about a 2 weeks we had the chicks and...

Hi Guys, Anyone else in the area concerned for their flock in the current conditions ? Is there anything we can do short of bringing them in the house.....which is really not an option we can explore. Its getting bad out there and even I am struggling a bit when I go out to breathe properly.

Hi There We have almost 6 week old pullets and we just got one day old chicks since our original mini flock of 4 was possibly cut in half by having 2 roosters although only 1 so far is confirmed rooster (or 99.5% suspect) either case, my concern is that by the end of august we will be on...

Hello All, we are pretty sure we have a rooster on our hands, his name is Rocky, we have about 2 more weeks but we aren't allowed roosters in our neighborhood and its not something we are interested in at this time anyway. We are in the Bucks County Area near Neshaminy Mall and is there anyone...