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Sitting in my home office yesterday, working on the computer, when I hear this high pitch whistling going on. Hmm I know that sound! I rush outside and run into my Wife who also recognized the sound. Around to the chicken coop we go. Sure enough all the hens have crowded inside their smaller...

I rec'd 4 Red rock hens the other day, and have no knowledge of the breed. The previous owner's Husband, suddenly was faced with some serious health concerns and offered them to me, as she can no longer care properly for them. They are about 5 months old and one had just begun to lay for the...

My sex-link hens are 28 months old now, and their egg production has really dropped off. Sure the eggs are bigger, but with feed costs going up, and even after raising the price per dozen, I'm thinking these birds may be ready for retirement.. I can't afford to keep non-productive birds, as...

I have the Mebendazole tablets that are 100 mg. Does anyone know what ratio of the drug say to a gallon of water it should be used at?

We are having one of the heaviest snowfalls I can remember in a long time. The poor birds can't make much use of their larger outer run, even if they wanted to, unless they learn to tunnel.. Here is what I see when I go out to feed them. This is what is under all that snow. Glad I built a...

Although it may not be PC in some circles, I wanted to wish all the members a Merry Christmas, since Christmas is what we celebrate. I wish for you, and your family, and your chickens, a joyful time!

You would think that a chicken would naturally molt when the daylight is first starting to change, to get ready for winter. It seems my ISA Browns decided to wait until the first real cold weather hit. We had frost the last few nights, although not a heavy frost, it's gotten much colder. Temps...

I went out last night, after dark, to close the chicken door between the run and the coop. I suppose my run is predator proof enough, that I could leave the chicken door open, but I don't want to take any chances. Well to my surprise, the chicken door was already closed...oops..I had forgotten...

So what are your opinions on what time of year is easiest, and most successful, to raise meat birds? I sure am tempted to give it a go, but want my first time to be as problem free as possible. I don't know for instance if the heat of summer will be tough on a bird that is consuming large...

My hens went on a laying binge yesterday. I was shocked to see seven eggs, (all in the nest for a change), but from my six hens. A few hours later I was surprised to hear the laying cackling that they do when ever they lay. Checked the nest, and there was two more eggs. Later in the afternoon...

A friend has just bought two of the strangest chickens I have ever seen. They have feathered beaks, and very large, almost reptilian eyes. Here's a picture of them. What the heck kind are they??

So will chickens actually bath in a shallow container of water, like wild birds do in a bird bath?? I know when I had a budgie, he loved it when I put a bowl of water in his cage. He would get completely soaked, but seemed very happy. I always wondered if chickens would like it. Perhaps a...

I have one hen that just recently started staying in the nest box. Thursday I though that she must be laying so I didn't think anything of it. I could reach under her and pull out the other eggs, but she didn't like it. After some hours had passed I finally just picked her up and put her...

For some strange reason, I have one stupid hen (Miss Bean), who insists on laying her egg in the run. All my other hens lay in the nest by 10am. Not Miss Bean. Between 5-6pm she goes and sits in the nest for 15 mins or so, then promptly comes out into the run, and lays her egg. Unfortunately...

I still am baffled as to why I only am getting five out of six birds laying. One hen, and I still can't figure out for sure which one, still dosen't seem to want to lay an egg. I was told to expect that sex-links will lay almost every 25 hours, without question. It took the fifth bird at least...

I couldn't believe the size of one of the eggs my hens layed for me. :o It was twice the size of normal, and couldn't even begin to fit in an egg carton. When I showed my wife, she said, " that must have hurt". I thought by the size that it must be a double yolker, and sure enough when I...

I have 6 sex-links that are approx. 25 weeks old. I keep them in a roofed enclosed run, and for the most part seem very happy. I have a large unroofed outer run, that is six feet high. I have been tempted to let them into this larger run, when I am working in the back yard, just to give them a...

I blame poor egg production on "Global Warming". Hey, everything gets blamed on that. Oh......you say you have three feet of snow, and minus temps every day, unseasonably cold weather for your region.... hmmm....., ok lets change the name from Global Warming, and call it "Climate Change". This...

It looks like one of my other hens has decided to start laying, although it's been hit and miss the last few days. Three out of the six, all use the same nest, and all go back in to the coop to do their business. Two are not laying at all yet. The new layer, which has pretty darn small eggs...

I have one hen that doesn't seem to fit in with the rest. They all came at the same time so it's not like she's an addition. Her markings are not the same exactly as the other ISA browns, she appears to be almost all brown, where the others all have some lighter buff colored feathers. Whenever...