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Do I have to pick just one of the three things I like most about this coop? If so, I will have to say "the ease of cleaning." But, if I can pick two, the 25 year warranty sure is also attractive.

I have three Brahma hens. As soon as the grass started growing this year, they started grazing, which is normal. But one of them doesn't seem to be breaking down the fibers. They all get the same food with oyster shell and grit added in. They spend most of their day free ranging the yard...

mpyencopal -- He is beautiful, however, I brought two year-old light Brahma hens home to keep Tilly company, and am not looking for a companion anymore. One is molting now, so is looking a bit ragged. I am sorry your rooster hurt his leg but it sounds like he got VIP treatment for it. I hope...

I am looking for the larger size. At this time, Tilly is all by herself. Will she be okay till Friday? I worry about her because she's a very social lady. She follows me like a puppy and "helps" me when I'm in the yard.

I am in need of one or two Brahma hens. I had two, and one passed. Now Tilly needs a friend. Dark, light, buff, whatever, as long as it's a Brahma. I happen to like this breed very much. Tilly is 2 years old, so I'd like one that is adult sized, preferably around 1 year or so. I am hoping...

I have (had) two dark brahma hens who have been healthy and happy, even in the record breaking summer we've had in the Pacific Northwest. Yesterday, Southwest Washington and NW Oregon woke up to dense (for us) smoke blanketing the region. The wind had shifted and blown the smoke from the...

I use Beaver Brand (Pacific Northwest) and that label has all of the individual ingredients on it. But, the first ingredient is wheat. Not a problem for the hens, but terrible for my dog who is allergic to wheat and barley, green beans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soy bean. So I went looking...

Thanks, TXchickmum. Hilary doesn't fluff, growl or peck at me when I reach in to move her. And I was almost sure that she wouldn't be leaving the nest in the daytime if she was broody. But, I thought I'd ask. Perhaps if I stop thinking about it all, Tilly will start laying again and Hilary...

My two dark brahma hens started laying eggs in January 2014 and kept it up until they started molting - one in August, the other in September. We went about 3 months without homegrown eggs, then Tilly started laying again on Christmas Eve. Hilary started laying again a couple of weeks later...

Dark Brahmas lay brown eggs, but one of mine lays a cream colored egg. Well, I call it cream, anyway. It's a pinkish cream. I highly suspect that each hen, and what she lays, is very individual.

I have two dark Brahmas. One lays a brown egg. The other lays a much lighter egg, very much like the one you're questioning. My guess it this one came from your buff Brahma. Someone once told me that the color of a hen's egg will be the same as the color of her earpatch feathers. And sure...

Having only two hens, I missed the eggs when they started to molt. Tilly was the first to molt and stopped laying in September. Hilary stopped in October. While it is not a "first" egg, Tilly surprised me with her first one in about three months on Christmas Eve. Sorry. I was having a...

Oh my goodness! What a perfect name. She's lovely, by the way. Congrats on the first egg.

I found a small pile of intestines and such in my backyard today. No fur. No feathers. No blood. No bones. Just the guts. My dog caught a whiff of it this morning, but didn't investigate and I didn't think anything of it. Later, when we came home from a couple of errands, she went over...

It must also depend on the breed of hen. Tillie was 10 months old when she laid her first egg. Hilary was 9 months. Both are Dark Brahmas.