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How can you tell they are cockerels?

Is the photo huge or the right size?

This is a 9 week old - not sure if it's a puller or cockerel. Any educated guesses?

The rule was "whoever makes the sign gets to name the coop". My niece painted the sign for me as a very special Christmas gift. The front is an actual view of our farm, the back has the girls names. My coop is now Bocking Hen Palace.

My ladies, Kate, Diana, Beatrice, Eugenie and Zara, live in BawkingHen Palace. I seriously need to get their sign made.

I have had my girls (settled on the names Kate, Diana, Zara, Eugenie and Beatrice) for 5 months. They have provided me endless hours of entertainment and countless dozens of eggs. They get so excited when they see me heading to the coop/run after work. I am the chef extraordinaire at a daycare...

Yes, after reading my post I see I have a misplaced modifier. I have 5 one year old chickens. The one that lays consistently was laying her egg under the coop (I think it was Zara). It seems that Eugenie has taught her to lay in the nest. I think Beatrice is also laying occasionally, but Diana...

I received 5 one year old White Leghorns two weeks ago. As of today, I have collected 30 eggs. It seems one chicken lays consistently. The most eggs I have collected in one day is 3, but that is seldom. I heard this breed 'lays like crazy'. Shouldn't I be collecting 5 eggs most days? Am I being...

Thank you everyone for the comments. The weather has been curious all weekend, sun, rain, sun, cloud, rain, sun, etc. It was sunny and warm when they were laying on their side, now it's raining a bit. I checked on them and they are all under the coop having a drink, or a bite to eat, or resting...

I received 5 year old hens on Friday, today is Sunday. They seem to have settled in alright. Two of them have laid 3 eggs in 2 days. I just went out to check on the girls. Three of them are laying on their side in the run. It appears as though they have done a bit of digging in the dirt. They...

How could I totally forget to let you know that I collected 2 eggs this morning. I had to work as hard to get the eggs as the girls did to lay them. Since they aren't going into the coop, they don't know there are 2 perfectly good nesting boxes in there. The eggs were left for me under the...

Thank you for the tips. I will get on reading these articles.

I put a container of feed inside the coop this morning. Two of them figured it out , three of them have not. I did manage to get a couple more finishing touches done on the coop this morning. I purchased a piece of vinyl to lay on the floor of the coop for easier cleaning and that is in place...

Greetings from Southwestern Ontario! I live halfway between London and Windsor. If anyone else lives in this area give me a shout, I would love to hear from you! My coop is almost complete, just a few finishing touches to go and I received my year old hens today (I think they are all hens)...

I discovered the wonder of chickens when friends of mine asked me to hen-sit for a weekend last fall. While initially I dreaded the thought, I was mesmerized by their 7 awesome hens. I expressed my interest in having my own chickens and my friend offered to help me build a coop and run. Over the...