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I am going to replace my flock's water bowl with an automatic system via bucket, float valve, and hose. I am deliberating whether I should use nipples or cups. Anyone have experience with one or both of these, pros cons?

My coop currently has a nesting box situated up high, accessible via a loft. I am going to move the nesting box below because otherwise they sleep and poop in it at night. I want to know if they'll use a nesting box when there is also a loft above, or if they will always choose the higher space...

How do these girls do in the winter? Do they perform like Australorps and Austrawhites? That is a short Autumn break during molt then lay throughout winter.

My understanding that black and lavendar Orpingtons don't produce as much as buff Opringtons, is that correct? And are they still decent winter layers?

How good is this breed for egg laying in the winter? I am looking for a breed that is fairly consistent all year long (I know there is always a break). I had Austrawhites, Andalusian and a Australorp before and they did great in the winter, sadly they all died. I need something to replace them with.

She's the sole survivor of a recent predator attack (most likely raccoon), that killed the rest of our 5 member flock. The first couple of days after she seemed fine, and I even let her out to forage which she did. In the days since however she has become lethargic and lost appetite...

Found them like this, this morning 😥. Four dead, one survived (not pictured). As can seen, it ripped open the welded wire which was secured via poultry net staples. The staples were hammered into sheeting instead of 2 by 4 (unlike the rest of the netting), and this was my tragic mistake. It...

I underestimated how much this tractor made of treated 2 by 4s would weigh, it's likely close to 300lbs. I have to crank style retractable wheels on one end, but didn't want to make it 4 wheel because then its not steerable. My idea was to have a third swivel wheel on the other end, I can't...

A-frame coop and run. It has a second story loft area connected to two nesting boxes, that they do use when laying eggs. Issue is the two boss chickens also sleep in them, so they get dirty with night poops. My idea was to relocate nesting boxes to the floor so they don't sleep in them. My...

She was being pecked to pieces by the other 5 so I have her separate. Its been about 3 days, and I was wondering how long it takes them to get over what happened? She barely eats and if I let her out she runs away from the main coop, even if the other birds are locked in, and will typically hide...

We have a pack of 6 hens, 2 older "bosses" and 4 new that we got last year as 1 day old chicks. One of the new hens has always been on the very bottom of the pecking order, but lately she has been severely abused. I found her tucked in a corner of the coop head first. I had initially though she...

Older hen that we have had for a few years has just started chasing the 4 new youngsters who just started laying off the top loft of the coop, which is connected to the nesting boxes. Her and another hen have had these two boxes (one each) for about 6 months whilst the 4 new chicks grew up. She...

Have 4 assorted egg laying breeds. They hatched on the 17th of October this year. They are getting too big for their brooder and are always trying to fly out so we want to migrate them in to coop. This is their first day in the coop but we were worried about the 30F that is reached at night so...

Chicken keeper with a few years experience coming in!