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My 3 girls are 7 months old. No changes other than I’ve had a week off of work to let them out of their coop every day for at least 5 hours a day. More days have been as soon as they wake until they sleep. So they’re not actin out from boredom or confinement. One of my girls keeps getting...

My Brahma has yet to lay. I know her breed is slow to develop into her egg laying time, and she may not lay until spring at this point. But she does egg songs out of nowhere about every other day that I catch, maybe more. She’s been doing it for months. I’ve checked her hips she is slowly...

The garden areas are nearly dead. Though we still have a good bit of green weeds and grass. Not as many visible flying insects. So I’m wondering if the girls are getting most of their nutrition from scratching up bugs digging in for the winter? I notice this weekend, they had more time out to...

I posted here about winterizing a few moths back. Got overly excited and purchased my first chicks in spring. Made a small coop/run for the 3 with scraps. The roof was open hardware cloth with scrap vinyl for rain protection (1st photo of it in the making). I added a roof for the winter around...

Starting to cool off around here. I make small batches of oatmeal to give to the girls for warming up in the morning. Sometimes I add leftovers to it. Got me wondering though if anyone adds things to treats to help their chickens over the winter, Either for comfort or health?

I swear one of my girls is always cussing me out. Every time I walk outside, they all (3) come running toward me. I love it. But one, I swear she thinks I'm a treat dispenser, she yells with angry disappointment if I don't offer her something. She will even yell into the house at me. Yesterday I...

I just enjoy sunflowers. Even when I had practically no yard in a rental property, I managed to make a spot for sunflowers. I usually leave the seeds to enjoy wildlife watching and harvest a small amount for myself. Now I always think about what I can do for the girls too. Drying a few for them...

I made one of these bucket/eye bolt/washer/nut feeders. Happened to have some small red pvc to slip between the washers to catch their eyes. Put it out night before last as only source of food to try to get then hungry enough to figure it. Sat in the run yesterday morning with them to...

I have lots of racoons, possums and skunks in my area. I know racoons can undo just about anything. So I am not risking anything and have been using small lock and key master locks. We've had a decent amount of rain exposure and the locks are already starting to stick a bit. Haven't even been...

My 3 girls reached their 18 week midweek, Wednesday. I was excited to see their combs and waddles starting to stay consistently red for the past few weeks. But since the coloring started coming and going at first, I noticed when I hold them and they are relaxed feeling with me, I can watch the...

So my 3 girls were spending the weekend running around the yard. suddenly they all froze and their eyes were huge and focused. One was steadily growling! I was looking all over to see what they spotted. It was out of my sight. But taller SO saw. They all noticed a garter snake nearby for the...

Hey all! So first year with my babies. 3 girls. Made a coop/run from scraps. It's pretty small. But beast heavy from the wood used. Need to add wheels still for nice weather rotation. But I didn't get to that and am planning for set winter placement now. I ran out of wood in the spring and ended...

My 3 little girls are 16 weeks now (went by fast :hit) Kept them in the house until it was warm enough here in northern Illinois. Took them out back on warm days. Everything is familiar. Most changes, I make an introduction for them so they don't totally freak out :oops:... The coop I made them...