I was kinda bored and lonely, so I made a chicken coop and bought all there needs. There almost 12 weeks old. Anyways every night Id have the heat lamp and light in the coop does that irritate them?

Some animals are more equal than others…
On a car journey several years ago at two in the morning, author and psychologist Hal Herzog turned to his fellow passenger, Amnesty International campaigner Tony Dunbar, to discuss the cockfight the pair had just witnessed in a small North Carolina township. Herzog was surprised by Dunbar’s response to the carnage. “There are bigger moral problems,” the charity worker said.

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Someone keeps on reporting my questions, so I’m doing an experiment. Hopefully I have all u guys as witnesses that this is a perfectly legit question. What are some good names for my 2 new pet chickens??? They are REALLY cute! They are Rhode-Island Reds and are pretty much the same shade of brownish-red, with a few black markings on their heads and yellow and black wings.
This question is legit, right????
And what are good names for them???

It is a female Golden Sebright. Please no names like Chicken Little, or Chicken Alfredo… also… good names for a Pekin Duck? (Female)

Hurry, I’m getting a little hungry here.

Pecks in the City: Some residents want to make Muncie fowl-friendly
MUNCIE — Chomperee was living the good life.

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i know some things about chickens but im always open to new tips and ideas! and interesting facts!

On the news they said it would be low risk to humans to eat meat that has come from animals that have been fed the feed that has been laced with melamine. But it is already known to be harmful in cats and dogs when it is fed directly to them. I read a news story… hogs were fed melamine laced feed in several states. It said the hogs tested positve for melamine (so I assume the chickens that were fed melamine will be positive too), but most of the hogs were still on the farm. They say low risk to humans but how do they determine that? Do humans have to die to make the determination to be considered high risk?