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I’m considering doing this - and will take the necessary precautions of quarantine prior but curious … my flock of 10 is well established (2 years). They come when called, there are several very friendly ones. Will adding two new hens (same age - 2 years; adding due to death of owner) change...

I posted a message a few days ago about my 1.5 year old hen. She's not laid since March but has generally been fine until now. She - and her flock mates - are just finishing their molt but she has been lethargic, isolates herself. She is not really eating. She does not have mites. The - great -...

Most hens in my flock are molting but one is definitely not well. She secluded herself from the group. Her tail is down, her comb and wattles are pale. Her crop is not full at the end of the night so I’m guessing she’s not eating. I’ve checked for mites - not seeing any. Her pop is white-ish...

My Olive Egger - she’s 1.5 years old - stopped laying back in March. She’s kept up with the flock during the summer but today she seems really off. Her comb has been very pale since she stopped laying but again, she’s hung with the group mostly. They are all molting but she seems really slow and...

My Easter Egger is just over a year old and has not laid in 4 months. She eats, drinks, acts normal. Poop is normal. Whole flock gets layer feed + free choice grit and oyster shell. She is in the middle of the pecking order. She has a pale comb, wattle and face. Any thoughts on what’s going on...

I’m looking at using electric netting off the back of my run. Is there a way to make a gate with it so that I can enter, let my chickens out and then leave?

A fox attacked one of my chickens - I saw it cross right in front of me on the four wheeler just minutes before the deed - last week. The chicken survived with minor injuries (missing feathers, bite marks on back end). Surprisingly, prior to the attack, she was broody and not laying. She just...

Chickens free ranging, havin’ a good ‘ol time scratching, eating bugs, etc. I left the yard for less than 2 minutes and in that short time a sly fox got one. Didn’t hear or see a thing but came back - less than 2 minutes later - to a pile of MY FAVORITE CHICKEN’S FEATHERS!!! No blood or gut...

I'm torn. I have 11 hens - year olds that have been faithfully laying eggs - and no rooster. And I can't raise more chicks due to ordinance limits. It's been very, very warm here in N. Wisconsin so it's been hard to keep them cool. They free-range most of the day. During this heat, my favorite...

Hello! Please help! Pancake is one of my favorite chickens and she's started making a weird noise when breathing. She is eating and taking water and she does not have any discharge. I pulled her from the nest as I thought she was going broody (again) and as soon as I set her down, she started...

I have 11 chickens that are a year old and all are laying. My friend needs to split her flock and has asked if I wanted one to make my flock an even 12 (I can have up to 12 as per my city ordinance). I want to do this but am very nervous. My chickens are all quite friendly to me and all get...

I have two blue egg layers: An Easter Egger and a CCL. Recently I've noticed that one of eggs from them (I'm not sure which one) is not as blue as it was when they first started laying. They free range most of the day, I have not changed feed, they have access to oyster shell and regular grit...

I tried very hard to prevent frostbite on my chickens. Of my flock of 11, two have combs with significant damage. I thought my coop had good ventilation, dry floor, etc. During the coldest days of -40 I rubbed Vaseline on their combs and wattles But yesterday, after I returned from a week away...

Hello! My chickens have access to feed in their coop (i.e., the self-feeder is filled). I'd like to try fermented feed but wondering: Is giving fermented feed more of a "treat" or an actual meal replacement? If meal replacement, I won't do as I'm not in the habit of going out to feed them at 6...

My goodness - this sounds so silly! I have a little Barnevelder - about 10 months old named Henrietta. She was being picked on by a couple of other chickens, and then about early December, she started to molt, thus, she stopped laying (know this to be because her eggs are a darker brown). When...

I’ve read that Easter-Eggers start laying around 7 months old and I have one that old who has not laid yet. She has been checking out the nest box and did the “squat” the other day. She’s also been pretty aggressive towards my Barnevelder that is molting and has stopped laying her dark brown...

4” snow last night with some wind and snow is in the coop and and run area ...

I have a 6-month old OE that since 24 weeks old was laying a beautiful dark green egg every other day. We've had 2 weeks of unseasonably cold weather here in N. WI, and I've not gotten a single egg from her during this time. She eats, she drinks, and she appears totally healthy. My other...

I'd like to keep a light in the coop for winter egg laying - turning on 1 -2 hours in a.m. during the dark winter months. It'd be AWESOME if there was a way to do this without having to get up early to push the remote to ON. Does anyone know if such a solar light exists? I had one but did have...

Came home from Fla. and found that one of my chickens has part of a dark comb. Hubby let the chickens out for the day but it snowed here in N. Wisconsinand got super cold and damp. He Put them back in coop - which isn’t totally winterized yet - there are open spots. Is this frostbite? I did...