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Ok- this is our first set of eggs being hatched here on the ranch. I have no idea what I'm doing but everything seems to have been going ok up until today. We have RIR hens, one which decided to sit on the eggs finally :-) I noticed it on the 3rd of July. I coaxed her out with cherry tomatoes...

My question is: what do you feed a flock that is made up of birds in both the egg laying stage and the growth stage? Background: I have two RIR hens that were my "test proof" that we could raise chickens. They are now old enough that they lay every day- I'd say about 30-35 weeks old. Then we...

Howdy everyone! I'm new at raising chickens, so we started off with three beautiful RIR's that are doing great. Our first eggs should be coming in the next couple of weeks- and now I have "chickens on the brain." My husband got me a free chicken catalog from a pretty big company- and as I...