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One of my hens has been having a horrible time with another dominant hen. The dominant hen mounts her, and the result is that all of the other chicken's saddle feathers have been stripped away. I moved the dominant hen into another coop for evenings, but I'm not able to separate them during the...

My hens use to free range in my yard. Then last year, the hawks (red tail hawks and smaller ones too) discovered them, and I lost 2 hens. They now spend their days in a chain of two covered outside pens and a large open outside pen (that has netting overhead). I miss having birds in my backyard...

Speaks for itself.

This poor girl is obviously the low hen in the pecking order, as you can see in the pictures. Only occasionally have I caught one of my Black Australorps jump on her back like a rooster. I thought, maybe, it had stopped, but just tonight I caught the BA at it again. So, here are my questions...

Anyone have a recipe for DIY dishwasher detergent? Thanks!

This will knock your socks off! I was getting my haircut today, and my hairdresser, who knows I have chickens, told me that she went to a nearby farmers' market. She said that local farm eggs were priced at ... drumroll, please .... $10 a dozen! Egad! Okay, so I'm a couple hours outside NYC...

Hope this works. It's an embed from Twitter. If not, I'll get a screen capture, but it won't have the video. (EDIT -- SEE POST BELOW) <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When the world seems close to pear shaped, <br>When leaders fill you with despair<br>When things look...

How talented are raccoons with coop latches? Years ago (BC -- before chickens), we had raccoons raiding our bird feeders. Then they disappeared without us really doing anything to repel them. But now, they're back. I'm bringing the bird feeders into the house at night and making sure there is...

On a whim last winter, I decided to plant a luffa gourd plant in the spring. Got my seeds, and started them early. They finally went into the ground, about 7 seedlings, and I've been watching them all summer. It went HUGE! Here's a pic of them climbing halfway up a big tree. Sadly, plenty of...

This beautiful wild turkey is my hero for the day! She sometimes hangs out in my backyard with the dogs and chickens. She even comes when I call. Tonight, she was in the yard and my 2 hens were outside with her. It was getting late, time to put the girls into the coop for the night, but they...

Has anyone tried one of these rat traps? I set it up a while back, but it was out in the open, and the squirrels had their way with it. Now it's in the large chicken run that is fenced all around and overhead. Squirrels can't get in. Hoping to find some angry rats in it tomorrow morning.

Here are my 6-week old chicks playing tetherball (tetherapple). I can watch them for hours. It's like chick-meditation, and all my chores fall to the wayside. :love

Here's a new video of the ducklings at 3 weeks. They're finally out of the brooding box and in a new enclosure. Their space is 4' x 12', and they're sharing space with my 9 chicks. The whole space is an add-on for my expanding flock, and this space is set aside temporarily for the ducklings...

The babies graduated to a bigger, almost grown-up pool today, and they loved it! I had them out for about 5-6 hours, and I think they spent the whole day swimming and eating. They've grown quite a bit. (I previously posted on the "Ducks" board, but I think these guys are more appropriate here.)

Saw this little beauty last night resting her head on the baby-roost. She's a one-week old EE. Overhead light is red (heat lamp), so it was easier to see in black and white.

Any suggestions to avoid this food waste? This is what I found this morning. The mason jar was filled yesterday with chick starter, and I have 9 messy eating monsters (1 week old). I told them about proper eating etiquette and that they shouldn't waste food. They don't listen to me. For...

My orphaned babies are not quite 2 weeks old. (Two videos below!) They are wild Wood Ducks that will be released in mid to late August (as soon as they can fly) at a local, very large wildlife preserve near fresh water and other Wood Ducks (2,000+ acres). I know that I will soon need to make...

Here's a video of one of my chicks. Watch the little yellow chick with the stripe down her head and back. The weird behavior is this: Seems to raise her head when eating (beginning of video) Tries to pick food from the beaks of the other chicks She does a little eating in this video. I've...

This little Buff Orpington has been with us for about 24 hours, and she already has attitude!

This is Lucky. She is the sole survivor of a predator attack, then adopted by me so she could have hen-pals. Lucky loves yogurt.