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Yay! We finally have eggs.... Not very many, but I think there may be one or two hens laying now. Maybe things is looking up for the ole' flock. Lol. Anyways thank you guys very much for your ideas and advice throughout this journey. I know this is only the beginning though lol

Thanks Bobbi J. So let me ask this.... We have the 2 roosters because one is a Silkie and the other is whatever it is....lol....but I figure the silkies needed a Silkie rooster....I'm wrong arent I? :rolleyes:

They all seem to get along fine. I do see a little segregation among the 2 breeds of hens, but I assumed that was normal or just a difference in the way they act such as the Araucanas perch, but the silkies huddle....things like that. We have grown attached to the roosters and really don't want...

Thank you for all of you advise. TO answer a few questions that came up..... We just got the chickens about 2 weeks ago After scrolling the breeds section on the forums, the black rooster may be a buckeye and the other 3 hens are araucana. And our hopes are to raise chicks to repopulate...

Ok so here is what's going on....Our flock is not laying eggs, most want to sleep in the run, and I think they are scared of us. Let me introduce you to the flock first off and then any advise is appreciated. So we have 5 Silkie hens, 1 Silkie rooster, 3 arcana (I think) hens, and 1 blackish...

***UPDATE*** In the case of man vs chicken....MAN WON! My wife and I had to recruit her father to man the cord that would close the door from across the yard because these hens are SMART! But after a long round of chicken--roundup, the runaway hens are safe and sound in the coop along with the...

Well thanks for your willingness to help everyone. To answer a previous question... I know we have silkies and I am not 100% sure of the other hens..(one in coop and 2 runaways) but they seem to be white with brown head, pinkish face. I hope I am not too wrong with the name but possibly...

Thanks everyone for the welcomes and I'm sure we (meaning my wife and I) will fit right in here. And yes I hope our run away hens see that they are friends, not food (excuse the finding nemo quote....we have kids lol).

Hello everyone! The name is Michael and I have n amazing wife and 3 awesome kids! We were given 11 chickens of which 3 escaped and ran away (2 however still come back but will dash away if we even open the backdoor lol) so we are left with 8 in the coop. We came together as a family and built a...