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How old do the chicks need to be before I let them roam with the big girls? Been raising chickens for a while but never tried to integrate new chicks into an existing flock. The two older hens I've had 6-7 years and the six newbies I got as day olds about 6 weeks ago. The older girls free range...

Recently moved and had to have some shelter for my 2 chickens so I bought one of the coops from TSC. Worked OK inside a 10x10 dog run for a while but was too small. At the old house their run was 8 x 10 with a 9 sq foot coop inside the run. At the new place I sectioned off a part of my storage...

Went out to check on things with the chickens. Usually give them some scratch for a treat in the afternoons and my BO didn't show up. She hangs out a lot in the coop but stampedes out when I call them for their treats. Started looking for her and she was in the coop and wouldn't come out...

I was cleaning the brooder and realized how much crumble my chicks were wasting with the open top style feeder. I bought one of the Little Giant ones with the round holes thinking this has to be better. Wrong! I modified it by adding a skirt inside so it doesn't allow the bottom to fill...

I'm constructing an outdoor brooder for my chicks It's an old workbench I've had sitting for years in my storage shed I have an idea of what I want but am having trouble finding the parts necessary I have a dog to keep other predators away but although the dog doesn't seem too interested in...

Perhaps it's time to start a new flock. I only have 2 production reds left and they are about 5 years old and production is almost nill. One isn't doing well, there is a new post under diseases. Here's the real question though. What breeds would make a good mix? I can only have 4 due to city...

Have a hen that lets her wings and tail droop and seems to be breathing hard. Comb is droopy and pale too.. She eats and drinks but some times closes her eyes whole standing there. Obviously not acting like she should. She is about 5 years old. Any ideas?

I have 3 red production hens that no longer earning their keep. They are about 3 years old. Contact me if interested.

Mine ladies have come down with dry fowl pox. They all seem to be affected so vacinating them now is useless if not detrimental from what I've read. I know that antobiotics will not help with the pox but will help prevent any secondary infections. A good diet with greens and electrolytes...

Well my girls turned 4 months turned 4 months at the end of June. I know it's too early but started checking the nest boxes in case about a week ago to get in the habit. Went out of town this weekend and came home. Checked on the girls, filled the water,checked the nest box. Suprise! My first...

I have six three month old production Reds. At what age should I expect them to start laying? I'm asking because I was told you don't want to eat the eggs if they have been eating medicated food till about a month after switching foods. Should I just start them on layer when I take them off the...

I posted pics when they were younger and most said Red Stars. They did have lighter colored tips on their feathers when younger but have since almost gone away. Two are a dark mahogony color now. there's a pic of one of them. The others are a lighter color red but none have any white under...

Here's some pics of them when they were small and one of them today. Two of them are a darker red although they are supposed to be all the same breed. One pic of Lorena, she one of the daker ones and the most friendly. The other pic the one on the right I sometimes think maybe a roo but are...

Went to my local feed store today to pickup a new waterer and feed for my girls. They had three pens of fuzzybutts setup inside with baby ducks, BO's, EE's and some other breeds. As I stood there and looked at them had to tell myself I already have more than I supposed to have and walked away...

I take the powdered crumbles left in the feeder that the chicks won't eat, mix it with some raw oatmeal, and add some water. Set it in the run and get out of the way. The girls love it ! Funny watching them clean each other's beaks. Guess you could mix it with whatever they like and come up...

The chicks, now eight weeks old , and the dog a Beagle have met with the run fencing between them. There was allot of barking at first but as time has gone on it has diminished and he seemed to have lost interest. I decided that today they would meet face to face. Early this morning while they...

Here's a couple of pics of my six utilizing the hundred square foot run.

Here's some pics of the girls, one from when they were fuzzybutts and one now that they have feathers. They came from TSC and all they could tell me was red pullets.

Here's some pics from day one and two of the coop construction at the chicken ranch.It's a slightly modified Purina coop. Planning on adding some ventilation around the top of the sides with fold down panels on the front and sides as it gets hot here in the summer. Only going to be six girls in...

Sorry I couldn't help myself with the title. I have been letting my 3 week old chicks in a pen in the yard with supervision. Since they are eating some bugs and grass I bought some fine grit for them. I put a small dish with some of the grit in it, you would have thought I put a bowl of...