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Oops!! 2.5 year old hens :)

I have three 2.5 year old hens in a pen with a coop. We got chicks on May 11th. I have them in a wire dog crate in my garage at night and started putting them in a larger wire dog crate with water and food in the pen area with the older ones for the last week or so. We are going away in a couple...

I have 5 layers, 2 are about 2 years old and 3 are about 6 months old. I have no way of knowing who has laid which egg, but for 4 days now we have had rubber/super soft shell eggs. And now the others have also learned to eat them before I can even get out there. I feed them organic layer pellets...

OH GOOD!!! Cool double Egg!! I was a little worried! Mine is from a Golden Comet.

That middle egg astounded me this morning!!! Should I be worried? It literally filled my hand!

We have 6 chickens that we got at a day old on May 1st. They are all laying except for one now. And the one that is not laying I think is half blind. She is getting food and water and will follow the other chickens around but will peck randomly until she finds the food. I call her Nellie and she...

I have six 15 week old pullets who have been all crowding into 1 or 2 nesting boxes in the coop at night! There is a perch long enough for all of them but when I out them on it they freak & jump off. Today they were free ranging in the yard & I found an egg in a little tucked in spot under a...

I got day old chicks from a farm/garden supply store. They came reputable, going to cross my fingers that she's a she :)

I got 3 golden comets & 3 buff Orpingtons... From what I read it looks like I may have a Roo Comet... There is a comet that is getting pretty light... They are 4 weeks old

We just got 6 chicks, my son named his 2 Dot & Clementine, my daughter named hers Jewel & Pinkie, I named mine Nellie. (As in nervous Nellie) & hubby named his Cleopatra or Cleo for short.

I have since put pine shavings down, a toilet paper tube & a stick. They seem pretty happy. Wok up this a.m. To see one on the top go the mason jar feeder!! Argh, time to fully cover my brooder so I don't have escapees!

Hi All, We just got our 6 baby chicks, 3 Buff Orpingtons and 3 Golden Comets. I have been reading up and thought I was ready but am feeling like an over anxious new mom right now!! Yikes! They are so cute & tiny! Already cleaned a pasty butt. One of the chicks looks sort of sad or mopey :( It...

5/17/14