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I put pinless peepers on my flock of 7 about 3 weeks ago because I was having serious issues with pecking. The pecking seems to have decreased significantly, however a few days after installing the peepers, I experienced a substantial decrease in egglaying. I've gone from a consistent ~6...

Hi Folks, I have 9 assorted laying hens who are about 10 months old. While they were cooped up inside for the winter, they did a lot of pecking - at each other. Several of the hens have the feathers on the top around the base of their tail pecked off. Many more also have the soft little...

Last night it was about 18 degrees here in central New Hampshire. My 10 hens have been in the coop for several days - the coop is in the barn, rubber mats over wood on the floors, and pine shavings over the rubber mats. They have plenty of food, and water that's on a defroster (heated tin)...

we were very excited to get our first egg on Sunday - 19 week old Buff Orpington was the layer, as I'd come to find out the next day. I know it's early - does that explain why the egg was so small? (the second egg the next day was the same) - like maybe double/triple the size of a quail egg...

Hi folks, we have 12 young hens - born late-June which makes them about 14 weeks old. Today we noticed that one of our reds (NH Reds) was limping badly - looks like she can't put any weight on her left leg. My wife and I checked her out but couldn't find anything that we could see. She...

Hi Folks, there have been a number of threads on the subject of feeding the big ugly green tomato hornworms to chickens. Most people say their chicks love the hornworms, but in almost every thread there's someone who says that the worms are toxic, as a result of feeding on tomato plants...

howdy folks - I'm a former city slicker turned Gentleman Farmer. After 9 years in New York City, my wife and I moved to Central New Hampshire and bought an antique farmhouse. We inherited a barn with a nice built-in chicken coop, and this spring we bought 12 laying hens. Our chicks are now 5...