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Hey all, While new to the area we have a new friend roaming around the neighborhood. We have 20 or so houses up in our local mountain and it's relatively rural and quiet. Yesterday my wife was outside and opened the door and noticed the neighbors out with a spot light so she grabbed it while...

Hi all, We have a new friend out here in Upstate NY. A friendly Barred Owl. I'm not sure if I should be worried about her or simply keep an eye in dusk/dawn. Or even if I should be worried about them at all w/ chickens. Has anyone had experience with Barred owls specifically. To give you more...

Hi all, We bought a house back in October that has a nice enclosed raised garden area w/ three separate beds approximately two 10x3 and a 7x3 bed. My questions is should I be concerned w/ what the previous owner did with the beds? I didn't get any history as this was just a nice perk they had...

Hi all, Just got my chicks last monday and all were doing well. Had one failure to thrive I thought ended up being the startings of cocci so started everyone on medicated feed. Some how the brooder plate got turned off last night as people were visiting/looking at the chicks .😥 One of the...

Hi all starting this thread pre-emptively as I'll be getting my chicks in the next couple of days. (Anxiously waiting on shipping to be updated as it's been 12+ hours with no movement lol). I know I need to be patient but I'm anxiety ridden cause shipping not being updated has happened on my...

Hi all, Long time not chat, but moved across from Florida to Upstate New York (Outside of Albany area) and starting back up our farm from where I had some Marans/Welsummers before. I've been a long time fan of the Ameraucana breed, and have never raised them before and just had a few basic...

Hi all, I’ve tried in the past to switch from grains to pellet but the ladies aren’t really enjoying the pellets, any advice as far as getting them to eat the pellets.

Hi all, We decided to set 5 eggs this past week on 10/12. We set them as one of our 8 month old Black Copper Maran's passed while sleeping, and we weren't sure what happened other then she had a heart attack. Anyways we have two French Black Copper Marans eggs, and 3 Welsummer eggs. The rooster...

Hi all, We at the beginning of this year took on the endeavor of building our chicken coop, and getting some chickens. We ordered : 3 French Black Marans 4 Welsummers 1 French Weaten Marans (This is our roo) My question Yesterday we had 6/7 chickens lay an egg, and this one on the left...