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Hi, i know I haven't been on in a while, but I have a question, Last March Sparkle, my SL Wyandotte layed three meager eggs, like starter eggs, then stopped and hasn't dropped anything since. I took her to a vet, she said she didn't see any evidence of her being egg bound. She eats normally...

I know this has been brought up before, but the answers are usually in the form of "depends on the height of the chicken." So I'm going to ask it a bit differently; how much higher than the chicken should the (vertical) nipple be? How far up should they have to reach (peck)?

Note to Mods: I wasn't sure where to best post it so it is also in Predators and Pests. If this is a no-no please feel free to delete the extra thread. Thanks. I'm making a dust bath in my run because the floor is wire netting so they cannot make their own. I've heard that wood ash is a good...

Note to Mods: I wasn't sure where to best post it so it is also in Coop & Run. If this is a no-no please feel free to delete the extra thread. Thanks. I'm making a dust bath in my run because the floor is wire netting so they cannot make their own. I've heard that wood ash is a good additive...

Hi. At my old home I used to spread a 6 month fire ant killer to control ants on my property. However there my birds were kept in a large pen and weren't allowed to free range because of my dogs. Here at Phoenix Haven, however, I do intend to periodically let them roam (supervised). Recently I...

I wouldn't be surprised if this has been asked before, so if it has please feel free to direct me to the appropriate thread, my searches have been ineffective. I have seen people's homes where even though they let their chickens free range it doesn't look like a setting out of the movie Mad...

They're here!:clap :jumpy:jumpy:jumpy:jumpy The grey one in the upper left (I'm told) is Gwen's Silver Laced Wyandotte. she has already named her "Sparkle". Their brooder is a recycled aquarium. The bedding is granulated PDZ. Their MHP is at the left end. I guess it's time to get off my...

Hi. We're going to be receiving four 1 day old fuzz balls in about a week, and I would like to start them off with nipple waterers instead of having to convert them later when the move out into their coop. Please note, these first nipple waterers will be in a brooder than will be indoors, the...

I have a patch of this invasive weed in my front yard, and after cutting it down and finding the center is hollow I am thinking it is rather old. I have been trying to kill it off but nothing seems to work. I've tried Spectracide, RoundUp and one other full spectrum weed and grass killer...

Which breeds, on average, are best at laying pink colored eggs? I've seen some that can actually be called purple!

Hi peeps. I will be moving in a month or two, and will have no place to keep my curent batch of hens, even if I could have more than four. So I need to rehome the ones I have. I was able to give away 3 today: Glinda (BA), Smokey and Strawberry Shortcake (both EEs). I still need to re-home the...

Obviously I have a couple there now, but when I just went to update my signature I got a pop-up saying I could only have 0 smilies. So I just left it for now until I know what's going on.

OK, I'm sure y'all have seen the little stick figure stickers on the rear windows of cars. Usually it's a woman, man and children, but they also have stickers for dogs, cats and I even saw a horse once. So, why not "we" sell stickers depicting our pet chickens and chicks? Maybe even ducks...

OK, so me and my girlfriend have decided to take the next step and get a house together (both of us are pretty much fed up with our current roommates anyway - but I digress). So here's my quandary: She's not into chickens, actually a little fearful of them. But knows I do like them and she is...

We have chickens that lay really dark brown eggs (Marans) and dark green eggs (Olive Eggers), so I was wondering has anyone here tried (succeeded in?) breeding a breed of chicken that consistently lays eggs with a really strong blue shell color? One that is significantly bluer than the usual...

Hi. At least six of my chickens are molting, and there are feathers everywhere. What do y'all do with the ones that land in the coop and get mixed up with their bedding? Can I just leave them there or should I remove them?

I'm thinking of making a temporary, movable, collapsible extension to my chicken run so they can "free range" periodically without my having to worry about them wandering into the dog's area. I would like to use a plastic 'netting' sorta like this...

I think I may have discovered an unexpected benefit to the A-frame coop design: The walls never get dirty! I finished mine in late 2016, and yet even though it has housed ten chickens for over 16 months (11 when I had a rooster), the walls are as clean as they were when I built it! OK, I may...

I think I may have just invented one, at least for SciFi/fantasy fans. Let's test it, can anyone here recognize what it is supposed to represent..? 8:(

For the past week almost it hasn't gotten much above freezing, even during the day and the chicken poop has been building up in their litter trays. That's because it's frozen to the bottom, right through the Zeolite! It is as hard as concrete and just as impossible to break out. I guess I'm...