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The only answers I can find online are for predators and things people feed their chickens, but my question is specifically related to FREE- RANGING chickens and what they will naturally graze on. Our chickens were all very healthy and thriving. I started free-ranging them daily. After some...

One of my chickens has started laying eggs that look like this which brings a few questions to mind. #1 Is it safe to eat? #2 What causes this? Is something wrong with my chicken? #3 Can I prevent it? #4 What is the most practical way to determine which chicken is laying which eggs? Could I...

My chickens are about full grown now and I expect them to start laying very soon. One of them I noticed has been acting off. A few weeks ago I noticed her show up at the run by herself (the rest were free-ranging). When I walked up to her, she sat down and quietly allowed me to pick her up...

We want to get rid of the rabbits that are invading our garden and we're considering feeding them to the chickens. I've seen two similar threads on this topic with very different responses. The first was about squirrels and everyone seemed very confident that it's fine to chuck a fresh...

My husband has been working long and hard to make a very large, very sturdy coop for our chickens and it's almost finished aside from the nesting boxes and roosting bars. Unfortunately, I'm not sure the design is good... Our plan is to have roll out nesting boxes that extend outside the coop. I...

My peeps are almost 4 weeks old. Yesterday I saw a significant amount of blood in the brooder. Everyone was acting normal but I noticed one seemed to be missing some feathers near her tail, like she had been pecked. She had some blood on her feathers. I watched and saw her poop very...

Hello! I'm brand new here. I've been learning about chickens via the internet since 2020 and almost all my questions lead me to this site. I finally ordered my chicks now that we are settled into our new home on our new property which I hope to turn into a beautiful homestead. I'm excited to...