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I had chickens for 2 years...they quit laying and my health took a downturn...so closed up shop, so to speak....Well,....Now my health is improved and I wanna try my luck at raising some quail for a change. Should I order chicks, or try to start with eggs?? I have never incubatored any...

WEll...after reading all these post, I feel much better knowing I am not doing anything ''wrong''. Guess it is just a long molting period and I will just have to be patient and be thankful for the eggs that I am getting !! I agree, we need a ''Hens who are not laying Club'' right now.....LOL!!

Awesome!!!! Now, that is a really nice coop!

Hope someone has an answer.....as you are not alone !!!! Out of my 18 hens who are 18 months old .....I got 2 or 3 a day this past week ....last month I was getting 6-8 ....before that 12-14... .before that 16-17.... Dont know how long this so called MOLT is supposed...

I seem to remember my hens started off sorta slow...but were batting 100 in no time at all !! Oh and by the way....

This gives me hope that, eventually, I will, again, be picking 16-18 eggs a day....Thanks !!

Quote: A couple of my chickens have lost so many feathers they look like footballs with legs.

OH and by the way..... !!

Awesome use of what you had available and it even has a certain "style'' !!!! I love it!!

Thank you ...I think you must be right....I have been reading other post and seems this is the ''molt season'' ? I never had a flock that molted before, so, I was not sure what to look for, except for the bare patches on the back and some neck and head feathers missing. Is this indeed a...

I should mention I ordered these hens my self..they are 18 months old.....they were egg laying machines for awhile and now...zip. Could it be that they are missing the roosters?

My chickens slowed down egg production last winter...that was expected... it was a very harsh 3-4 months. Then spring came and they were laying back to 80-90%...About then, we noticed our roos were wearing out the hens.....many of my hens were ridden so much they lost feathers on the...

Just wanna say hello to all you fellow Missourians.....From SW Mo here!

I remember that day I heard our first crow, too!!!! Pitiful arent they??

Boo-Boo's Mama : I don't take food or drink into the coop...usually can not get through the door...they all come to trip the ole lady and take whatever she has in her hands. Daisy pecks...she gets me on my arms and legs...DH is lucky he wears jeans to the coop...I have fresh peck marks every...

When we first built our coop, I sat out there in anticipation of when my chicks would arrive...then, when they did come, I sat out there next to the brooder for hours just watching them grow...then as they began laying a few months later I was stilll spending evenings out there with them, and...