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I am looking for suggestions from anyone who uses a solar fan in their coop. I live in Upstate South Carolina and we are in the middle of a very hot summer. My coop has side vents as well as ventilation across the entire top of the coop (the roof is raised off of the walls) but my hens are...

I have a chicken that most definitely has bumblefoot (swollen foot with a black scab and puss coming out after soaked). After discovering this I went and checked my other chickens and there are a few others who also have black scabs on the bottom of their feet but there is zero swelling and...

I have a chicken (I'm assuming it is the same chicken) laying eggs with very, very soft shells. I have actually been finding these eggs in the coop under the roost and I'm guessing she is laying them sometime during the night. I was getting these eggs on occasion but yesterday I found a...

I have one chicken who started laying on Christmas who consistently lays double yolk eggs. She will lay a double at least once a week and this week I have gotten two doubles since Friday. Is there something that I can/should do to help this from happening because I cannot imagine that it is...

I live in northern SC and there are days/nights where my water has been frozen (I am more concerned about the days since I work full time and cannot check the water every few hours). I do not have electricity in my coop so I was wondering if anyone had tricks to keep water thawed on those rare...

I currently have 6 pulleys, three of which are laying. I am still feeding grower feed and supplementing with egg shells and oyster shell since not all of my girls are laying yet. I started offering egg shells as a calcium source and my girls ate it up. I ran out one weekend and didn't have any...

Merry Christmas! Not only did one of my chickens wait until Christmas morning to lay her fist egg, but she also decided it would be appropriate to wait until I was out of town . Oh well at least the person taking care of my chickens saved the egg for me!

I have a group of 6 17-18 week old pullets that are still on starter/grower feed. I plan on keeping them all on this feed until everyone is laying but I have started to offer egg shells as a calcium supplement in order to give them a little extra calcium for when they start laying. What...

So I just acquired a new hen and I would like to play the breed guessing game. So long story short, I acquired this hen when I traded a rooster for her (yes, super lucky to have someone willing to give me a hen for a rooster, I mean seriously who does that hahaha). Now the friend that gave me...

I have a flock of 6 chickens and I have discovered that one of my chickens is actually a rooster (they are about 15-16 weeks old). I am going to be giving the rooster to a friend who has lots of land and the chickens free-range. In return he is giving me a hen. What is the best way to...

This is my 14-15 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte, Nuggets. I am wondering if Nuggets is really a she or rather a he. I also have a Golden Laced Wyandotte, Lacy, and she looks much different from Nuggets. Nuggets has a much more pronounced wattle and comb. I did order this chick along with 5...