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Short and sweet. Hotdogs are without a doubt my chickens favorite food to eat and fight over. Is this a suitable "treat" to give them a couple times a week

Hey guys this is just a quick questiin or discussion on the behavior and pexking order dynamics amongst my flock. No problems or emergencies. Just something i noticed. So my barred rock is the queen hen of the flock. She eats first. She stands on the food. And she always lets my welsummer...

Hi everyone. You all are so helpful when ever I have a question and want to do right by my flock. My craziest hen of the bunch. A golden laced polish has a very long beak that just keeps growing. I never would have ever considered trimming was a thing or even accepted in the hobby until a friend...

Hey guys! Thabk you ahead of time for any responses. I'm really clueless with this stuff but I love my girls so much. So when something happens I'm always starving for information on what could be going on. So all of my girls are just under a year old. Got them last spring. The one in question...

Hello all! Been a while since I have posted a thread. So one of my girls ( golden laced polish) is 9 months old and has suddenly decided to be aggressive towards me. Now it really depends on if I'm wearing flip flops I noticed. But none the less it's annoying to have he grab my leg and kick me...

Hey all! Thank you in advance for any responses. You are all so helpful when I have a question. Now my girls were all bought back in April. All have been laying regularly for a couple months ths now. But my golden laced polish still hasn't laid a single egg. She is a hen I know that. Because she...

Hey all been a while since I posted I have a question to ease my mind. As it cools off over hear in southern idaho it is beginning to get to 20 degrees f at night. Now I have a coop with a fine upstairs in doors sleeping area that they would go to every night when younger. As they have grown up...

Hi guys thanks in advance for any answers on this question. A few days back my golden laced polish started squeaking. I was worried did some research asked on here and looked up stridor in chickens. I guess maybe that's what this is. Well the next day she stopped so I just went about normal...

Hey all. Thank you in advance for your responses. Once again whenever I have a question arise I know you will all be here to gi e me amazing advice. So today my concern is the heat. I have finally gotten my flock down to my 3 girls and finished brooding the rest for friends and family so I am...

This little goofy girl has been squeeking all day as if she's sneez squeaking. It sometimes came in fits. I mean she's older and clucking these days so beeping noises from her are odd...... only thing I can think is she got stung by a bee after she swallowed it a couple days ago. I couldn't get...

Hi all. I accidently posted this same thread in the wrong area so I'm going to re post here. I have a beautiful golden laced polish that turned out to be a cockerel his has all the best qualities for a show bird. Mostly black with iridescents. He's bearded. He is also a sweet heart and has been...

Hi everyone and thankyou for any responses. I bought some straight run gl polish a few months ago and 1 turned out to be a cockerel. I would keep him in a heart beat if HOA laws permitted. He is a stunner could win shows if was entered with his beard and black iridescent. He also is a sweet...

Hello all! Thank you for any feedback. My question. Today is about my boy. I'm on my first flock. 2 welsummers, 2 golden laced polish, 1 barred rock. All are pullets except 1 polish is a beautiful boy. He turned out to grow up beautifully and I already have a great home for him where he will...

Hey all! thanks for all your help on here every time I post. Been raising my flock for a few months now. I got everyone sexed and bought all pullets for the most part..... except for these two trouble makers who were bought straight run. They are not top of the pecking order they are number 2...

Hey guys. Thanks for always being there to answer my questions when they arise. I have 5 8 week old chickens 2 welsummer pullets, 1 barred rock pullet and 2 golden laced straight run. I believe 1 pullet 1 Cockrell. (Two totally different head feathers). Well they are in pretty good 2 level coop...

Okay guys so last week I moved my 5 week old chicks out to the coop. I have 5 but I'm brooding 2 for my brother so 3 are staying with me. After posting pictures alot told me i needed a better coop for them so here it is. I was hoping you guys could tell me if this is a good coop for 3. Also I...

Hey guys this question is in another thread but it's buried behind a lot of others and I need help here so I'm posting a fresh one for this problem specifically. I moved my 5 week old chicks out to the coop yesterday. They are feathered fully and we're responding great. We'll it was a low of 49...

Well after thought and consideration and after asking for advice on here I moved my 5 week old babies out to the coop. They had been spending the days in the coop so acclimation has been easy. I also set up a little temporary run with wire until I get a roofed run off of omelet. Here they are...

Well last night I was visiting my brother in Ketchum Idaho. He has 6 chickens. I keep some but they are still young. Well I went out to tend to them like I always do and I noticed right away 5 of them were huddled on the other side of the yard... OUTSIDE THE COOP AND RUN. They almost seemed to...

Hello! New here and to keeping chickens! I'm loving these little girls, and maybe couple of fellas. They have grown up so fast. They are now 5 weeks and are really starting to act like my brothers adult chickens. I bring them to their future coop during the day to play and let them explore the...