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I’m sure there are other threads like this but I wanted to see if I could get a good one going. Lessons Learned. What have you done so wrong that you wish you could go back in time and slap yourself in the face for thinking it was a good idea? I’ll star with two. 1. Bird netting for the...

Today, when I got home from work and checked on the chickens, one of my Rhode Island Reds were laying on the side of the coop. At first, I thought she was dead but when I went over she opened her eyes. Doesn’t seem to have the energy to pick up her head. Isn’t trying to adjust her feet. Just...

I have a flock of 32 chickens. I currently have 5 roosters (I know, I know) but I am trying to downsize my flock. I put an ad up on a local website and sold two hens on Saturday. I will get the rooster to hen ratio correct soon, but wanted to give people that could use laying hens or roosters a...

Hello all. I need some opinions because I can’t make up my mind. I currently have 5 roosters and 28 hens. I know it’s not the best ratio, but it’s been working for a while. Recently though, the hens are getting too much attention. I’m starting to notice some bald backs and bare necks. Out of...

Hello This thread is to bring any Tuscaloosa area people together. Local discussions, trading, rehoming, or anything that can help each other out. ive only been keeping chickens for about a year, but I’ve learned a lot and met a lot of great people that deal with chickens. I don’t see much from...

I just got these chickens from someone local that didn’t have the room to house them. The bearded ones are Ameraucana but I’m wondering about the others. The white one is a rooster and the reds are hens, I’m pretty sure. But I’ve been looking around trying to pinpoint a breed. The person I got...

I have a hen sitting on some eggs and so far three have hatched. The first two are problem free, but the third has some kind of wound. It’s like the skin was sliced open. It’s not bleeding, but looks pretty bad. I’m pretty sure the muscle is showing but it almost looks like there’s still a layer...

Hi everyone. My flock is mostly Speckled Sussex who apparently make good mothers. I recently had one get broody and I chose to let her sit and brood with the rest of the flock. I marked eggs and removed any added during the laying process. But I allowed a few days to pass in hopes she would...

Hello all. I have a flock of 33 birds. 7 fully grown and laying and 26 more that are 6 weeks old. I have played around with different ways to water them. I prefer to have an open water source for my chickens so I haven’t been using nipple waterers. I attempted an idea I saw online for an...

Hi. I went down to feed and water the flock and noticed two of my chicks (7 weeks old) have some issues going on in there face. The first has a swollen eye and looked like it got a cut or bitten by something. Maybe even stung by something. I saw a scab starting to form, but her eye is swollen...

To start off, I do not have a tractor, yet. I have recently burned a few patches of kudzu on my property and I really thought I had won the fight. I was able to clear the areas, but the kudzu started sprouting up and it became clear that I need to remove ALL of the vines and roots. I can do it...

Hi everyone. I’ve come to this site many times and found answers to a lot of my questions, so I figured I would join the group. I moved to Alabama a few years ago and got some land and finally decided to make something of it this past spring. I cleared half an acre of kudzu and overgrowth and...

Hi guys. im Farley new to the chicken game, but I’m trying to dove in head first. I got Rhode Island Reds to start off my flock and built the run and coop as they grew in their brooder. They are about 19 weeks old now and I think I may have some roosters. Three of them have a much more...