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I am in my 4th Spring of backyard chicken keeping. In the beginning I had a coop bought used on Craigslist for $25 with a run built by DH. At the end of year 2 DH designed and built my perfect coop and run (see Southern New Jersey Cluckingham Palace in the coop section.) In her second Summer...

One of my six hens has quite a large crop that sort of hangs down in front of her. She lays sporadically. The vet can find nothing wrong. The other hens do not peck on her. I feed Layena crumbles. Treats in summer are oatmeal flakes (cooling grain) with meal worms and some watermelon...

Four of my six hens are 3 years old. One is 2 years old and one is 6 months old. The five eldest are about finished growing new feathers but I have not had a single solitary egg in 5 weeks. I feed Layena free-choice plus oyster shell and grit. In the morning the girls get s treat tray with...

I brought home a new pullet yesterday because she was a lone pullet on a horse/goat/turkey farm. She's a RIR. Not sure how old she is but I think 8 - 10 weeks. I have Spangled Hamburg (3) and Cochin (1) and Ameraucana (1) all over 2 years old, most are 3 years old. Only the Ameraucana is not...

I have some spawn for oyster mushrooms. I've notice mycelium for wild mushrooms when I turn the deep leaf litter in my hens' run. Does anyone have (or know of) mushrooms in chicken runs? I don't really care if the hens eat the mushrooms or if I can harvest them for table use, but the idea...

There are evenings, especially when the days are long, when I have to go somewhere in the evening and I won't be home until quite late. I am not comfortable leaving the hens in the run with access to the coop but not locked in securely for the night, ramp up and latches secure . My run is very...

I'm looking for a new coop and run which I need right away. My husband is having heart problems and can't build what I need. I have 4 hens and 1 pullet. The pullet is growing up to be a very large lady and she is already - at 5 weeks - larger than each of my other hens except the...

I am having my first - WONDER FULL and wonderful - chicken experiences. I started with 4 pullets April 2012. This Spring one hen went broody, setting for 3 weeks before we gave her two foster babies. These chicks are now 5 weeks 2 days old. They still are peeping and following momma around...

My chicks are 3.5 weeks old. Momma hen has suddenly started shedding feathers all over the place! At first I thought the dominant hen was the cause, but then I watched my Pumpkin shake herself this morning and feathers came flying off!! She looks fine and I see absolutely no sign of...

I have had my 4 hens for barely a year. They came to me at 8 weeks old so I have had no experience with chicks. That being said, my Cochin cross is broody and has been on the nest for nearly 3 weeks. Without a rooster, her chances of hatching an egg are zero. I've explained it to her but...

One of our 4 pullets has begun to lay! This is our first experience with chickens. We started with 4 one month old ladies back in May 2012. On December 13th the Barnavelder/Cochin cross laid her first egg: that wonderful $500 egg! She has been laying every other day since then. Each egg is...

Here in Southern New Jersey I have finally realized my dream of having chickens in the backyard. Since my husband's heart attack I've been home quite a lot, so I thought that getting chickens was "now or never." I live in a development on less than 1/4 acre, so I polled the neighbors for...