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We just realized that the tray in our incubator was upside down, so the automatic turner has not been turning the eggs properly, if at all. We don't know for sure. They have been incubating for 13 days. With 8 days left before hatching, are there likely to be problems? If so what might we do...

We have nine chickens. Almost every day we lose 1 or 2 eggs because one or more hens are eating them! How can we find out which ones are eating the eggs? We haven't been able to catch them in the act. We've tried filling eggshells with hot sauce, mustard, pepper; we've tried putting golf...

We have nine layers and one or more of them are enjoying the eggs! We've tried blowing the egg out and filling it with mustard, tabasco, and cayenne pepper a couple of times. I watched them go nuts over it. The hotness seemed to only make them go at it faster. It's hard to figure out which...

One of our two-year old Wyandott hens had a partial, very soft and flimsy egg shell partially stuck in her vent. We noticed it one afternoon and that evening we were able to catch her and pull it out. It was very apparent that she had been trying to push it out for I don't know how long and...

Should we or should we not give our laying hens food grade DE - diatamateous earth (not sure of the spelling)? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

When do we start giving chicks (ours are 2-4 weeks old) grit and scratch?

We have 5 hens about 1 year old. We have been saving the eggshells and crushing them, then feeding them to our chickens for the calcium. Do we still need to give them crushed oyster shells and if so, why? Also, If we give them grit, do they still need oyster shells or are the two equal in...

We have five laying hens that are about a year old. 2 Wyandotts, 2 Americanas, and 1 Welsummer. They have a small coop, but free-range in our fenced pasture. We lost our other Welsummer a few months ago and can't seem to find another mature hen to replace her. Would it be wise to buy a baby...

We only have 5 hens, but getting 5 eggs a day can add up pretty quickly. We give some away to friends and family, but I'm wondering if eggs can be frozen to be used for cooking and/or baking at a later time?

Our five chickens are free to roam our 1/3 acre pasture which is fully fenced. We want to overseed and fertilize the pasture grass soon, but are concerned that the chickens will eat the fertilizer granules. We usually use straight nitrogen granules for fertilizing our lawn and pasture. Is it...

Since we've had a ton of snow, our 6 chickens don't like to go outside the coop. We've had a few days that the temps were very cold and the wind was whirling inside the coop, so we blocked off the door to stop the wind. We opened it once the wind died down. There have been a few mornings that...

I am very concerned about our hens because of the icy wind and snow that we are having in Salt Lake City Utah. We have a small wooden coop for our six hens. There is a screened ventilation part at the very top, and also a small door opening. The door of the coop faces north and allows the...

Do hens lay less frequently when the weather turns colder? Our chickens were each laying one egg a day for a couple of months (Aug.-Sep) and now we have a couple that don't appear to be keeping up the pace. Instead of getting 6 eggs a day, we're only getting 4. Squat

Another question about the coop. In the very top of the coop there is screening to allow for light and ventilation. Should I cover the screening with clear plastic or something else to help hold the heat in? As it gets colder and colder, I worry about any heat escaping at the top of the coop...

I'm reading about the DLM method and how some put a board underneath the roost or newspaper to easily remove the droppings . . . I have a dumb question. Is the roost the area where they lay their eggs? We have three boxes (look like wood filing boxes) with sides where the hens sleep and lay...

Is it okay to clip my hens' wings when the weather is very cold? We didn't get it done before now, and I'm afraid they will try to fly over the fence (which they have done several times during the summer) and freeze to death because they can't get back to the entrance to their coop. Squat

We have clipped our chickens wings so they won't fly over the fence of our pastures, but some of them still seem to manage to get up to the railing of the fence. What is the best way to clip the wings so that they can't fly?

We have one or two chickens who peck a hole in the egg after laying it. Sometimes we find the broken egg on the floor of the coop and it appears that they haven eaten the shell. Any suggestions.