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i believe my 20 week hen is trying to lay her first egg and she’s egg bound. I soaked her in an epson salt bath for 20 minutes and then used olive oil around her vent. She’s in a dark crate resting now. While I was putting the olive oil on her vent, there was a small bulge, maybe a 1/4-1/2”...

How do you use your fresh herbs(for laying live hens Lol!)? I read about grow herbs for chickens and about two weeks ago I planted a lot of different types. I just picked about two cups total of fresh rosemary, thyme, oregano, spearmint, peppermint, lavender and I was thinking of adding them to...

I bought some netting so my chickens can go outside in a larger area. I figured I would just roll it up after they had a couple hours each day, but after doing that once, that’s a no go for me! And the dogs wanted what the chickens left behind! 🤢 I used what I had on hand and I even got a few...

We started a mealworm farm a few weeks ago and we got our first pupa’s, there’s about a dozen. My son kept getting mad at me because I would take the mealworms were are farming and feeding to the chickens! lol! We probably would have had more, but I couldn’t help but fed my chickens the...

I found these dishes at the pet store and they’re perfect for my flock of 5.

March 16th my chickens will be 16 weeks old and when I went to clean the coop, they had made a mess! They’ve never rooted around in the coop in their shavings and today they had the pine shavings in areas I had a ledge to keep shavings out of. I think they might of do that last night, because I...

About 2 months ago I ordered food from amazon, for my chicks and they sent me the wrong feed. They said I couldn’t return, but gave me a refund. I’ve had these bags of food just sitting here, because it wasn’t the right food for my chicks. Question, is it safe to mix in once my chicks are 16...

I raised 5 chicks since they were two weeks old and they are now 12 weeks old. A few of them might be roosters and I’m wondering what people, who are not allowed to have roosters do? The place I bought them from said they’ll take them back for a 5.00 fee and exchange for ones similar to size...

Can 9 week old chicks eat a greater angle-wing katydid? It wacked into the run hardcloth and died, so I’m wondering if I can toss it in the run.

I still need to add a lot of washers to secure all the hardware cloth, but it is all enclosed for them to explore. There run is dirt/sand from my yard, should I add another material to the run or is the dirt/sand mix good enough for their run? Not sure how I’ll clean it either, maybe raking...

I’m working on burying 19 gauge, same as what the run is surrounded in and then adding 16 gauge to the lower part of the coop too. I’ll add gravel before burying, for added drainage. It’s been fun making this coop and run, but I can’t wait until it’s finished. I only did about 6’ wide of wire to...

I can’t recall what type of evergreen it is. We planted it 3 years ago and it’ll eventually be a huge tree.

I’ve read other posts, but I’m still unsure. I purchased the wrong gauge of 23 1/4” hardware cloth and it wasn’t strong at all! I’m getting ready to make my run and I was thinking of 1/4” 19 gauge, will that be strong or should I use 1/2” hardware cloth instead? The reason I wanted 1/4” was to...

I’ll be getting ready to start my run in a few days and I noticed pooling of rain in that area! Is there a way to make that area not pool full of water? I was thinking of using beach sand from Jacksonville Florida. Is it safe to use or do I have to buy a certain type of sand for the run and...

This is the first time I’ve seen all 5 of my 6 week old chicks perched together on the ledge. They’re getting so big! It’s night time, so the security camera switches to black and white, but the photo is still cute with them up there :)

I’m trying to hurry to get the outside of the coop finished before the rain. It should start raining tomorrow and rain for the next 4 days. Waiting for the caulk to dry, so I can prime and paint. Then the last thing for today will be working on the nest box roof. For the siding I used what I had...

Those little peckers! I was doing my daily cleaning for my five 6 week old chicks and one drew blood from my bare legs! I barely made it out of there alive! Just kidding, but it does look like my flip flops and capri days are over, when tending to them. lol

I tend to my chicks every day and check them out every day too, but I have never noticed that one of my chicks has scissor beak until this morning. I noticed her upper beak wasn’t symmetrical to her face and checked both sides of he beak and noticed there is a very slight gap between her upper...

I introduced my chicks 2-3 weeks old, to dirt/sand(from my yard, mostly sand) for them to use. They love it! I only leave it with for about 3 hours and then I take it away from them. Question’s: First: Can I just leave it all day with them? Second: Can I reuse the dirt/sand after I clean the...

I’ve had my chicks for 9 days, making them around 3 weeks old. I decided to get my dogs use to the chicks and this is his 3rd day seeing them. He is doing really well around them, most times he’ll lay there next to me and watch the chicks. The chicks are even calm and just doing their things...