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I lost a leghorn yesterday. She was laying daily. She was fine when I opened the coop in the morning. Last night at curfew she was dead in the run. There were no signs of trauma. She may have eaten some cow parsnip. Is this poisonous to chickens? Thanks, HHH

Looking for advice or experience, good or bad with metal run kits. Based on current situation this is our best option. I need to purchase an approximately 10'×20' metal run kit that I can anchor to on an existing pad. Does anyone know of a kit that has a door wide enough for a wheel barrow. So...

I did a search but found nothing on the style roost I'm planing on using. I'm building a 4'×8' coop with two pop holes. I'm keeping the interior simple so it can be easily cleaned and divided internally by a movable partition wall Thread 'Hainies Folly'...

Building a slightly under 4×8 on an old implement axle. I built the cart style under pinings out of 2×12 to clear the wheels. I made it stout so I can pull it around with my little 2 cylinder Bolens G154 backhoe. Planning on making a moveable partition wall inside coop so I can separate flock...

Is napping like this normal?

My neighbor was preparing two turtles for a batch of snapper soup. One was a female with a couple dozen marble sized egg yolks and many smaller ones. None with shells. I fed the larger size yolks to my three adult hens. They gobbled them all down in seconds. I was amazed how fast they ate them...

New to BYC. My house and 1 acre are all that are left from a small commercial chicken farm, Haines Hen House. It is situated between the Schuykill River and Girard Canal in SEPA I don't know the years of operation but i believe it was up until the 60s .Old aerial photos show a series of small...