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I went to collect eggs late tonight and noticed one of my one year old Americanas on the roost seemed to have a very wet behind and bloody bulbous soft something was hanging out of her vent. Her behind feathers were very wet and seemed to be dripping liquid like she had peed. I touched the red...

Don’t think a joke since I live alone and don’t have neighbors…next idea/thought? Unless it was one of my boys, Ormond or Tucker?

So I went to make a two egg over easy lunch today. Cracked the first egg in the pan… Grabbed another egg from the freshly laid (one day old egg) egg carton, cracked it and to my surprise it looked hard boiled. Scratched my head and put it aside and grabbed another, and that one again appeared to...

In my coop I use deep bedding but in my 250sqft covered run, I use contractors sand. Hands down it’s the absolute best! I zip tied a piece of hard ware cloth to a pitch fork and use that like a kitty litter scooper to sift the sand from the now dried poop. It’s amazingly fast and easy and I’m...

My run roof has plastic corrugated panels overlapped and screwed down with foam waterproof washers. The entire run is predator proof and attaches to the coop by a 3x3x12’ chute that also has the plastic panels cut to fit the top side so the sand that I have in the chute and run doesn’t get...

As stated in my original statement, they are separated within the run in an elaborate dog crate and so can see each other all the time

Greetings Chicken Gurus- I've come seeking guidance on how to break bully behavior. I had a 2 year old girl go broody..the first one in my brood of 7 (3 of them are 2 and 4 are 1 year old). She was broody for 12 days when I finally broke her in my “chicken jail” dog wire cage located in the...

UPDATE: thank you all for your thoughts on this...I think the mystery has been solved and thanks to the chicken keeper who mentioned their motion light in the run. The night I turned mine off the girls made it in the coop without a hitch!! Fingers crossed it continues because I really LOVE my...

Meant to also add I do have a sensor light that hits the run and MAY also be an issue and confusing them like you mentioned!! I will turn that off for now and see if that works. That is a great idea to try😃 and the door sensor is movement not light activated. I bought it for that purpose so I...

Yes, I would normally let those that want to sleep in the run (it has a smaller cool that the newest chicks came with) do so but it is winter in Pa and freezing temps so need to get them in the insulted coop for now. That is my only concern in ensuring they are warm. In the summer many sleep in...

There is a 10’ roost for them. The only change is the automatic door which I think spooked them one time when it was time to go to roost. I think they were following each other one night and the door(that’s on a timer) started coming down and it freaked some of them out so they ran back out into...

There is PLENTY of space both in the coop (80sqft in coop) and the run (260sqft for 8 birds in the run). The run is predator proof and connected to the coop

Need some solutions from the chicken experts out there... I have eight hens but two flocks. Four were hatched March 2019 and four were hatched this past March and although they mingle out of necessity they also stick within their own flock especially when sleeping. The newer flock originally...

They do play with kid toys. Anything that is colorful or moves, spins, makes noise. I’m on the search for the old school tin xylophone to hang up. I’ve seen videos of birds pecking making music!🤣

Forgot to add some pics🙄

After shooting my aggressive roo (one too many human attacks) we built a 16x16 run with a 6x6 bump out “sunroom” that attaches via a “chute” to the 10x8 “coop” shed!🙄🙄. Spoiled rotten I say all this because for 1 yr they free ranged but I felt after their protector was culled they couldn’t...

Hi again - We’re back in town and still have the roos... Are you still interested?

HOORAH DI!! I am Army as well, Quartermaster, and am soo glad you are interested in my two Roos needing a new home!! I am currently out of state until Labor Day weekend but let’s talk! How far are you from Pittsburgh? We are actually in Ambridge, a wee bit north

HOORAH DI!! I am Army as well, Quartermaster, and am soo glad you are interested in my two Roos needing a new home!! I am currently out of state until Labor Day weekend but let’s talk! How far are you from Pittsburgh? We are actually in Ambridge, a wee bit north

I have two 4 month old beautiful well mannered Asian Black roosters that need a new home:( We brought 8 chicks home hoping for all layers and got two boys in the mix. Our borough does not allow for roosters and boy do they sing now. They will eat from your hand and come when you call them and...