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I'm getting ready to turn on the girls light in the coop and was wondering if a energy efficient Full Spectrum light be better than just a energy efficient one? The coop is 8' X 8" and have 6 Bantam's. We use a Full Spectrum bulb on our pet bird cage for one hour a day.

She is all puffed up and stands in one place hunched over with runny poop this morning. She was fine yesterday. Is their anything I can give her to make her feel better? If she is egg bound do I go in vent with vaseline to lubricate and hope she can push the egg out? Thanks

This is Elvis and Polinda, 3 month old Golden Laced Polish chickens.

Is this normal? This is her first molt, never imagined she would look this bad because she started getting a bald head then she got worse. Is their a supplement that would help? I've been giving her scratch with lots of sunflower seeds in the evening.

How can you tell the sex of a Cockatiel? I've always heard that under the tail barring it's a female and if it's one solid color its a male?.

Hi, I have a 3 week old cockatiel that has small eyes. They seem to have a haze over them also. I started to moisten them with a cotton ball to see if this helps. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks, Judy

Pearl's babies are 4 wks old and she is biting their pin feathers so their not growing out. I put the babies in a smaller box so she can't pull feathers at night. During the day she is busy feeding them and doesn't stay in the nest box. Percy, the father doesn't do this. Is this the only...

I noticed today that my chicken had cornbread stuck over her nostril. I took a qtip and got the hardened surface off her nostril but there is more in the inside. I can't seem to pick it out, its soft and wants to go deeper. Has anyone had this happen and what did they do?

My pullets are two months old and just found out one is a Rooster. The pair are Golden Laced and adorable. I have six other Bantams all hens no roosters of various pure bred breeds they are 2 years old. My question is, will I have to separate my Polish, don't want no in breeding down the...

I have 8 bantams and I get one egg a day for a couple of weeks now. There not molting and we get plenty of sun in Reno, NV. They get atleast 12 hr with the light on in their coupe for 4 hrs in the evening.

Our girls free range on our lawn area and need to fertilize. What fertilizer is safe for chickens?

How egg-citing! Itty Bity's first egg! Compared against a standard size.

I've noticed every once in a while my 8 mth old Silkied Serama will keep swallowing or act like she's catching flies, her head will be up in the air. She doesn't have anything stuck in her throat. What is she doing?

We recently purchased this Cochin from a breeder and was told she is a hen. This morning my husband opened the coop door and she went in the run and crowed three times like a rooster with her head up. She looks like a hen to us, what do you think?

I just got a tiny Silkied Serama from a Breeder at a Poultry show and she is so tiny! I'd love to see other Serama's, they come in all colors, so it would be fun to compare. This is Ity Bitty, she is 7mths old and a very lovable.

I just got a 7mth old Silkied Serama and she is in a 20 X 20 cockateil cage. She is so tiny and don't want to put her in the big hen house with my standard size bantams. I have a perch for her, put shavings in her cage, fresh water, layer crumbles, grit. Is there anything else I could do for...

We just moved back to Reno this summer and just finished The Hen House and bought 3 - 7mth old bantam chickens from differ breeders. A silkied Serama, she's my house chicken) a Millie D Uccle and Calico Cochin. I'm going to be adding more this spring. I love all three! I don't know which...

Does anyone have a chicken diaper pattern they'd like to share? I have a house chicken and would like to contain her poop when I let her out to play but she poops on everything, couch, floor. Thanks, Judy

I have a Bandam, a little Silkied Serama, just got her from a Breeder. Would Soft Water affect her droppings? When she eats she's fine and the dropping is normal but at the end it get's wateryand no white, brown runny and has a order. Thanks, Judy

I've heard if you put out a plastic owl decoy it will keep away hawks? We have a Sparrow Hawk that flys around the bird feeders and is not scared of my dogs. We are getting chickens as soon as the hen house is finished, of course it will be well fenced and covered but I'd like them to free...