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I have a BO that is broody> yesterday was an all day battle keeping her off the nest. Last night she slept on the roost with every one else, but come morning she stayed on the roost for a long while, when she finally came down she guarded the coop and nest- after the first one layed she...

I read all these people who want a broody, not me......I have 5 pullets only 8 months old and already 2 broodies. Live in residential cant have a rooster, dont want a rooster, dont want any more chickens, just got these ladies for eggs. My australorp was fairly easy to break, but Cupcake our BO...

Ive searched a bit on BYC and see all the suggestions, still would like some advice. I have a flock of 5 pullets, the top of the order a red sex link has started over the past week to challenge me every time I enter the run. She pecks at me and takes a dominant looking stance. My reaction has...

Wasnt expecting this so soon- my pullets are 7 months, just started laying 2 months ago. It seems I have a broody australorp. I noticed 2 days ago she was spending longer in the nest box. 2 nights ago she slept in the nest box ( well below the roosts) last night she slept in there. I coaxed her...

Do you think this is just because they are enjoying the much larger area to roam dig, scratch, and eat grass? I have a covered enclosed run, and we decided to enlarge the space where they can roam. Its not evening predator safe, just for daytime, and they LOVE it. Problem is, they no longer are...

If I can see hawks in the area is it always a threat? We have an enclosed coop and covered run, but we fenced in an area around the let them free range a bit. This outer area is not covered. I see hawks every day as we live adjacent to a large field. I know there are people all around us in this...

We have a enclosed coop and run that my 5 girls have enjoyed since fall (it's all they know) We would like to offer them a larger area to enjoy during the day. They coop is situated in a corner of our yard, it would be easy to use welded wire and make a second area surrounding their current...

Is it normal for brown laying chickens to lay white eggs at the start? I'm not sure which chicken is laying white eggs but one is. I double checked on line and they should all lay brown eggs. Doesnt matter to me just took me by surprise that's all. I think i've gotten 4 white eggs in a row and...

First time raising chickens, mine are just starting to lay. We decided to do one 24 wide, 12 high nest box. I read and a lot of people said the separation isnt neccesary as they often lay in same spot. Now I am wondering if that is why I have one laying in the nest box and one laying all over...

Any suggestions on how I can get them to the nest box? I've got 5, the first one to lay has been consistently laying in the nest box, I see her every morning. Someone else started but she's laying on the floor of the run in the afternoon. My set up is a small raised coop with run under, so I...

Just need some re-assurance. Read a bit here and think we are ok. I've got 5 pullets, first one started to lay on Saturday and she has been laying every day since and right where she is supposed to in the nest box. Her sister my other Red Star layed her first egg today, right in the middle of...

Yay Cindy my smallest of the 5 was the first to lay an egg. She's a red sex link and clearly on the bottom of the order, but she's the first to lay I was gone all morning came home and decided to look in the nest box when I opened the cover there she was and it startled me so much I dropped...

I have 5 chickens all 19 weeks today. I am in New England and it's winter....I do not have any artificial light in their coop- wondering when I should expect them to start to lay? I know they need a certain amount of daylight. I have had their nesting box blocked since introducing them to the...

I know picture is best, I havent been able to get a good one yet.. My question is on Barred Rocks can the tail feathers get curvy on females as well as males? My 12 week old has the same size comb and wattles as everyone else ( I have 2 red sex link pullets) had all the female markings as a...

I have 5 chicks 10 weeks old. Been out in the coop 5 weeks. The lowest on the order strggles every night to find her way to the roost. I provide a light shining on the roosts and dont shut off until all are well settled. My little one seems to have sight issues, she is the last to come down in...

My chickens are 8 weeks old been outside for 3 weeks. I am wondering if it is normal to see many loose feathers in the coop and run. They are not fighting, I think they are just losing them, no one looks like they have any bald spots. Yesterday I observed and saw some falling off just from their...

Is it normal for chicks to peck at you when you enter thier space? I have 5 chickens all are 7 weeks-- 2 run from me, 2 run to me, and 1 is cautious... one of the ones that runs to me is the most friendly ( barred rock) but now seems to automatically pecks at me when I go into the coop/run...the...

Just wondering if it's normal for chickens to prefer staying in the coop? Mine are 7 weeks been in the coop for 2 weeks- weather has varied, sometimes cold sometimes very nice, like today- I notice my chickens rarely come into the run and when they do it's because I am out their talking to them-...

My 5 chicks have an enclosed run under 2 large pine trees- I notice the chicks have been eating pine needles, is this safe for them? The run base is sand, so they do have grit.

Just wanted to share... my 5 chicks are out in the coop for over a weeks time, learning to roost ( 6 weeks). I have a night light on them, mainly to encourage roosting but also observing like a mother.....tonight I watched as they positioned and settled for the night. The highest roost is where...