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The thatching ants are already getting out of hand this year to where I can't go into the yard in flip flops. They are also starting to go into our chicken run. They bite/sting horribly and steal the chickens' snacks and I'm sick of it. I was thinking of spraying permethrin around the yard but...

One of our hens recently developed black marks on both sides of the back of her comb. She doesn't love being handled so I haven't picked her up for a close look .. wondering if these are just peck marks how long they would take to heal? Or should grab her to check it out?

I'm new to chickens, and we're expecting our first cold snap. With horses we change how we feed during the winter as they generate body heat through digestion. Do chickens do this? Do you change what you feed during cold weather? If so, how?

Hi all, wanted to share this super easy way to make a coop window. We did a playhouse to coop conversion this summer and I tried several different types, this was by far the easiest and cheapest. Pics attached, but basically I put trim around the window opening, and covered it with plexiglass...

I'm a first time chicken momma. Got 3 chicks this spring, and all 3 started laying about a month and a half ago. Two weeks ago one went broody, a day in the chicken tractor snapped her out of it but she hasn't started laying again yet. Today another went broody! I'm in the pacific northwest so...