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I have recently had my hens laying eggs with blood on the outside of the egg. Its been happening now for a few weeks. Any thoughts? thanks

Was looking for some advice/help. I have 6 hens (golden comets) approx 1 year old. I have the opportunity to obtain 4 bantams (1 roo, 3 hens) approx 9 months old. Was wondering if they would be able to coexist if i introduced them together. I can imagine it would be quite a shock for both...

I had 8 Golden Comet (red sex link) hens for about a year now, never had a problem, great layers, great birds. Each of the last two days i found a dead hen face down outside, with a nasty bloodied looking vent hole. There were some blood covered eggs, but not sure if that was associated or not...

Lost two hens the last two days and looks like i am losing another. On two consecutive days, i found a dead hen with a bloodied vent. Did not look good. Now today i see an alive hen with a bloody vent that is being attacked on by others. Not sure whats going on, but it appears at least one of...

this was the coop i finished a few weeks ago....... am very happy with it so far. i have 8 hens and 1 rooster. they are 14 weeks old and we just got our first eggs two days ago. the breed description says they will lay at 22 weeks. is this normal that they are "early" ? i have red star sex...

i have two week old chics....i have red star, golden comets, cinamon queens (all the same i am told)......... my rooster is much smaller than the hens.... is this common, is this right? this is our first go at chickens, and it seems the rooster is much smaller than the hens...... how do we...

i am framing up my coop as we speak (or as i type)..... what dimensions should i use for the "chicken door" and for the nest boxes ? i plan on using a hinged door for the chickens to come and go..... i will have 2-3 nest boxes, built onto the "outside" of the coop, so i can harvest eggs from...

we get our 9 chicks in a week or so.... we plan to use a dog crate as the brooder and i am currently working on a coop. my question is: at some point the chicks will outgrow the brooder, but i beleive it is still to cold out (we live in maine) to put them outside in the new coop. Even if i were...

will this brooder work ? it is a dog kennel turned brooder. i just put cardboard on the sides, it is approx. 2' x 3'. i am wondering if the lamp will heat to a sufficient temp on top ? or will i have to put it on the sides ? it is a 250 watt red lamp. Should work eh ? My chicks come in 10...

greetings! my first post here !! we hope to raise chickens this summer and am in the process of researching and building a coop. i was looking for places to buy chicks, but when i went to order, they only accept orders of 25 or more chicks. i want to start out with about 8-10 at first and dont...