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photo was taken on 9/2/2012 They were all over 2 years old when we acquired them in 2012. First, Honey died suddenly in Feb 2013. Since we had 3 hens until 2 weeks ago - Hector died and just 1 week later, Dusty died. Now we only have Pepper. I was told Pepper was the oldest of 4, so I am...

Would it be possible for anybody here to tell if my chicks are hens or roosters by pictures? I am really really hoping all are hens, especially Marans because of their egg shell color, but I started doubting one of my Marans (Smokey to be exact) is a roo... Thank you!!

My 2-month old Silkie, Emma, is much smaller than other chicks who are even younger than she. I thought she was made that way. But then when I was watching her pecking at food, I realized that she just pecks and not actually eating. Other chicks open their mouths and actually eating, but I...

Lately, our hens started producing strange-looking eggs. They come with wrinkles and the shells are super hard. There is nothing wrong inside. I just wanted to see if we are doing something wrong to our hens or if they are sick. We've been feeding egg lay pellets (crumbled), scratch, flock...

We have 3 hens and lately, they are laying 1 to 2 eggs daily, but most of the time, 2nd egg is eaten by them. I don't know how to stop this. They are mature hens - when they came to our house last September, they were 2 years old. Pepper is the only fully feathered one, and Hector and...

We live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We have 2 shih-tzu sisters but we've never owned a chicken before. I am finding out fun things and not so pleasant things at the same time. I have lots of questions like: - How much food do they eat? Lay pellets in a feeder, scratch on the ground, some...