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Yea that's kinda what I was thinking, I just wanted to make sure. And as for marking the eggs and checking under her, I started doing that like 2 days after I found the eggs under her because I would open the nest boxes in the morning to find other hens in there with her laying eggs lol Thanks...

So I am still fairly new to having chickens at all, just getting mine at the beginning of this year. Everything is good, I raised them from chicks, ect, ect. But one of my hens went broody and for awhile was sitting on nothing. Well I made the mistake to think that since there was nothing there...

WOW! this looks great! If you don't mind me asking, about how much did it cost to build this thing?

I currently have 7 barred rock chickens. 6 hens and 1 rooster. They have an 8x4x4 coop that holds the nest boxes and roost poles, with an attached run that is 14x8x6. They stay inside the coop/run in the early morning until I let them out to free range and stay outside all day until they go...

I really don't know what it is. I am starting to get more eggs though, like 2 a day. So hopefully after awhile ill be back to getting 5 or 6 a day. My broody hen has eggs under her that are about 14 days into the process to.

As far as I know, you only need a certain number of hens when you have multiple roosters. If there is no competition for the hens, then, I believe only having a few hens will be okay. I have a BR rooster and 6 hens with him and everything is fine. As far as intruding them to each other goes...

So I'm still only getting like 1 egg every 2 days from my hens (6 BR hens). and they aren't losing feathers, so I don't think its molting. Can anyone explain why I might not be getting eggs? Could it be the addition of my rooster about 2 months ago? He is finally starting to mature and crow...

I have 6 BR hens, and 1 BR rooster. The hens are about 9 months old, and for the last 2.5 - 3 months I have been getting 5-6 eggs a day, every day! But for some reason in the last week I have only gotten a total of like 3 eggs. I thought maybe they were laying somewhere outside, so I kept them...

Agreed! My hens wont even let my new roo to sleep inside! I came home from work last night to find all my girls inside on their roosts and him sleeping on a roost outside in the run. . . .and it was raining! Poor little guy, I picked him up and set him inside the coop on a lower roost than my...

I thought of a question while reading these posts. You guys say that the forming of the embryo will not start until the right temp is reached, well how long will/can an egg be kept at normal temp before it goes bad? Can you take a fertile egg, keep it at room temp so it does not get cold, and...

I actually really like the name Crow-Bar! Sounds cool and fits his gender and breed! thanks for the idea tommysgirl

Well I returned Rocky to his previous owner this morning! And about an hour ago I went and picked up the Roo from the craigslist ad in my previous post. I haven't decided what to name him yet, but he is now between 14 and 15 weeks old. It was/is storming pretty bad so this is the only pic I have...

thank you! I have been talking to the owner and realized the post was about a month ago making the rooster approximately 13-14 weeks old now and the owner assures me it is definitely a roo :) So hopefully the second time is the charm!!

Ok guys, I have had Rocky (named by the previous owner) for a week now. I kept him in a separate pen for 6 days so he and the hens could get used to each other. Well I let him out today, and kept my hens inside their cage, and it went south right from the beginning!! He didn't even pay attention...

Well I finally got one. He is a barred rock and about 2 months older than what my hens are. I currently have him in his own pen about 100 yards away from where my girls stay. hopefully all goes well and he will be a nice addition to my flock :)

I have 6 barred rock hens that are roughly 6 months old. 5 of the 6 have started laying eggs and I want to add a rooster to the group but I have some questions. First off: I am having trouble finding any BR roos for sale or trade. I have tried craigslist and looked through this site a bunch of...

Not really. I live in Jacksonville so that's about a 3 hour drive for me

I've been looking for a barred rock rooster to go with my 6 hens, and have been having some trouble finding one. Is there a good chance that I could find one at the swap coming up in a few days? Its a bit of a drive for me so I would hate to drive all the way out there for nothing.

Well that's good to know. I thought it might have been a dietary problem or something lol Thanks for the help

But im 99% sure that both eggs came from the same chicken as they are the only 2 I have gotten and came 2 days apart.