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I was leaning towards Collies and all your comments are confirming this. But I have an affinity for Collies because my parents had a very gentle one when I was a small child. I really appreciate this forum. Thank you all for you amazing advice.

We have kept chickens within an enclosed run and coop for years. We are considering getting a dog but my brother's experience is that all the dogs he has attacked his chickens if they ever got out of their pen. I know some owners say well-trained labs and even lab/pit mixes consider their hens...

If anyone is reading this or is subscribed, you should know that they are considering code changes about keeping chickens, potentially making it much more restrictive, this Wednesday, Dec 10, 2014, at the 6pm City Council Meeting. Here's the agenda...

Can someone sum up for a newbie all the fly treatment options? What were the other abbreviations mentioned? Does throwing down extra straw help?

Can anyone help me discern what color eggs and they lay rate of the two complete black "junglefowl" I bought from the Feed Store, will lay?

Thanks this is so helpful and beautiful I think we will copy you.

My fellow suburban farmer next door and I are both raising backyard chickens. I for over a year, she is on her third small flock in 6 months or so. One of her older hens went broody. She was very grouchy knocking other chickens out of the coop and trying to sit on their eggs. My friend and I...

7/9 best day ever. we usually average 5/9

Out of 10 chicks a farmer gave me and swore were hens, I ended up with four crowing roosters in suburbia. I had to learn how to kill them and eat them. It was tough, but after they were all crowing every morning inspiration did hit me.

Do any of you have advice for me? 1 to 2 eggs from 7 mature hens each day. Shouldn't this be higher?

Still just 2 out of 7. Anyone have any tips? I think only my 6 month old RIRS are laying. The rest aren't. I have 2 older RIRS I traded in from a farmer that have some diarhea and perhaps one is molting or recovering from roosters. 1 older leghorn the farmer swears was laying for her...

I did this too, just a week ago, three older hens, none have laid yet, and one did have lots of lice. I treated them for lice and I don't see any live ones on them anymore. I think they might have some diarrhea though, how dangerous a sign is that. Should I return them completely? It was a...

i just reserved this book at the library. it was written in 1930!

Food coloring on the vent? Just like in a circle all the way around each morning? that is funny.

I started my flock with pretty birds like Light Brahma and Americana but as the MONTHS have dragged on and all the pretty bird do is eat feed and NOT lay eggs I've traded my non-laying pretty girls for more productive breeds. I'd go for RIR and Delaware.