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Spring cleaning! Removed sand litter, removed everything in the nesters and replaced with fresh shavings. Once it was all scrubbed we did a layer of food grade diatomaceous earth and then sweet pdz and then fresh river sand. Ladies super happy. We built a new chicken litter scoop too! We also...

We feed our chickens like royalty but they are SKINNY. They do not LOOK skinny, they have lovely feathers (ok, aside from that 1) and seem super healthy. They eat a fermented mash. They are also fed supplemental black oil sunflower seeds and a scratch. They are not all skinny, but some have...

We have a sick young hen. She is a Buff Orpington, she is 1 years old. Looking at her, she has a pale comb. Her feathers are perfect and she looks very healthy other than the comb. Her eyes are bright and has zero discharge of any kind. Very clean and healthy looking face other than the comb...

Had an idea and it cost about 15$ Wanted a better way to feed the mash and asked hubby to build this...chickens took to it quick! He put a smaller one in the coop since we had extra!

We finally knocked our old coop down that was about 100 sq foot and built this! Almost 250 sq ft and almost 9 ft tall on the tall wall. We were just given this material they make giant grain bags with and we lined the whole coop. We have 4 huge windows, concrete slab with river sand litter and...

We bought as a pet. Named it Todd. Hoping it's a boy.... It's definitely got a Square top head. He's definitely got the strut ( but I know some females do too!) Anyone got a for SURE way to tell yet? He identifies as a badass....jumps on the cats and about to show the kitten some...

This is Bonnie. Bonnie is as dumb as a brick, so I affectionately call her Hey Hey (from Moana) She was a rare sent to us from McMurray, we didn't order her, it was a 'gift' for buying my Australorps. Anyway, we THINK she's an Ameracauna, and she began crowing a few days ago. She also behaves...

Hey there, I'm an older member back from a break (wasn't very active...but came here to learn) I have moved from North Texas to South Louisiana and my family has 16 chickens. 15 Black Orpingtons and one Silver Ameracauna who I have nicknamed 'Hey Hey' from Moana. My son named her Bonnie...

Been a member for a bit..first time posting I think! We have just moved and are setting up our coop. My fiance just made me an amazing feeder for my girls!!! I am so happy. Plus the container will allow me to have to buy feed much less. We have 14 lovely girls. All hand raised and named...

Hello! I am a mom of 3 kids, 6, 8 and 10. My kids BEGGED for chickens and I relented over the winter. We got 9 Buff Orpingtons and my kids raised them in dog kennels in their bed room in the house...until I kicked them out. I have working dogs so I put up one of my kennels and made them a...