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Hello friends! Does anyone else deal with frozen poop in their coop? Today is SW pa it was 12 with a wind chill of like 0. We’ve been on a wind advisory for the last 2 days with gusts over 40. I came out to frozen poop, which, I suppose given the weather should be expected but it got me...

I’m new to keeping chickens with beards. I have one that’s 8 months old & suddenly her beard is super messy. I have to assume it’s from drinking… I have both a nipple waterer and a regular waterer. With winter about to start, I’m concerned with frost bite. I’m going to take the regular water...

Hello friends! My 3.5 year old Maran is molting. She’s been molting for a few weeks now and hasnt laid since. Vet confirmed she has waterbelly and we’ve drained her a few times over her life span. For some reason it seems to clear up when she’s molting. Idk why. Anyway- I was checking her...

Hello! I had a chicken jail (dog crate) set up for a few weeks- obviously set up with food and water, which was spilled numerous times over the weeks. I clean up dropping multiple times a day. Well today I noticed the ground under the crate was moving! I discovered thousands of these worms...

My coop is a tall Aframe. My younger hens started sleeping on the little ledge along the roof ridge which is above my head… roughly 6ft high. I tried moving them at night and ultimately gave up because they were so persistent. Now I’m afraid I’ve created a habit I can’t break. I ended up adding...

I just went out to the coop and my 6 month old didn’t greet me. She was laying down but did eventually move when I picked her up. She’s limping and holding her leg up. The vet is closed today. And I’m supposed to go out of town tomorrow evening! Any advice on how to tell if it’s broken/vs...

Hello friends! Here again for some feathered feet advice. My 3.5 year old Maran has always had issues with feathers on her feet. I’m fairly certain she bites them off herself because my other Maran doesn’t have half of the feather missing. Anyway, I noticed she wasn’t her normal spunky self a...

Hi friends! This is my 2nd batch of chickens. I have three 3 year old hens that listen extremely well. I have five 5 month olds, but only 1 listens when I call. I was very hands on with both batches when they were little but for some reason this new batch doesn’t listen. I thought maybe...

Hi friends! I have 5 Littles (17 weeks old) and 3 adult hens. My Littles love roosting up high on the ledges, which is a bit of a pain to clean. They probably won’t be able to roost ip there once they’re full grown, I’m assuming. They still are afraid of the adults and bed time is a little...

me again! I have a 12 week old pullet that presented with 1 swollen eye a few days ago. No bubbles. I had this exact same thing happen when one older chickens was bit by a tick, and since the ticks are bad right now, I assumed that’s what it was even though I never saw one on her. (I pulled 3...

I’m so I just raised 5 chicks in a brooder. They’re finally all incorporated with the big girls and all is well. I was hoping to time getting them for June when my Maran goes broody but it didn’t work out. Every June like clockwork she wants babies and I’d really like to let her try and...

Good morning! My chicks are 7 weeks old today. I have 3 older hens. I started the see don’t touch method 4 days ago (today will be day 5) and have the Little’s separated in the run by a portable fence where they stayed out all day but came in at night. Last night (day 4) was their first...

I have a 5 six week old chicks. I’ve been very hands on with them from the start and handle them multiple times every day. All of them are okay with being picked up except 1. She’s a barnelveder. The rest even jump up on my lap and perch on me…. Not her. She has no interest and runs from me...

Hi friends! Question about brooder plates. This is my first year raising chicks with the plate. I have them set up in my house with ambient temp around 70. I have the plate angled higher in the front and lower in the back. But I have no idea what the temp is under there. I’ve just raised...

Edit: confirmed cecal after finally catching a normal dropping! 😂 My 2 week old hatchery chick has been pooping mostly liquid. I only caught her pooping twice and both times has been like this. I keep trying to monitor her droppings but I sat there for 40 minutes before giving up. Just want to...

Just got my second batch of chicks. Im raising them with a heat plate this time instead of a heat lamp. They’re inside my house, near windows, so they get natural light throughout the day. But do they need a night light? I have actual night lights I can use or I have my old red incandescent...

Hello friends! I recently took the plunge and upgraded our coop. I'll admit, this wasn't necessary, but I've been daydreaming about upgrading for 3 years... Figure I only live once, why not go all out!? I still have a few small things to do but I'm wondering if I should add more ventilation...

I have a large box of puppy pads I planned to use for my new chicks that are arriving in a few weeks. I found a few mouse droppings in there along with a pad that was chewed. (I kept them in my detached garage. We have traps set but they get into EVERYTHING) They even chewed through a plastic...

Hello again, friends! I decided to go big and gift my girls a new coop for their 3rd birthday! :celebrate What kind of flooring should I use? They're be plywood and I plan to paint it, but I want something on top that will be easy to clean. It would be a bonus if it was aesthetically...

Hello friends! I’ve seen some people have converted sheds into coops and that got me wondering… what are the pros and cons of this method? And what would I need to do to convert it? I know you’d need to add ventilation and hardware cloth the windows. Nest boxes added. I would also insulate it...