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I had a broody hen so I got some fertilized eggs from a neighbor for her to hatch. The chicks are now 9 weeks old and one is biting the mother in the neck. This is not a peck it is a definite bite. It bites and holds on. Last night was the first night the mother roosted with the other hens. Do...

Poor Henry Rita still seem lethargic and uncomfortable even after we got her to expel the egg, she seems to be pushing. I'm not sure if she is pooping. I am also not sure how long she has been bound. Possibly 2 days. This is a guess based on the fact that we have been 1 egg short for 2 days.

One of my hens (5 months old) is acting strange. While the others are running around chasing bugs during their evening free range, Ester sometimes just stands and stares. She won't eat any of the special treats we offer and she usually roosts earlier than the others. She has done this before and...

My chickens are just starting to lay on a regular basis. Every other day or so we have an odd shaped thin shelled egg. Also we have a problem with at least one of our hens laying outside the coop and run, during the evening free range. The first night the egg was not complete, no yolk, and not...

My my girls just started laying. The problem is that they have laid one in the run, one from the roost, that one obviously broke, and four in one nest box. Will they eventually use the nest boxes? We have six boxes and they have only used one. We think only two of the hens are laying. Six eggs...

My husband has been giving our chickens salted sunflower seeds, just as a little treat. Is this OK? They really seem to love them. He just gives them a little from the palm of his hand. Less than an ounce per day divided among 6 chickens.

Our cat Larz watched over the chicks from the day they came home from the feed store in April.. Even when we free range the chickens he is there to keep them together. Recently the smallest hen Odessa (a rode island red) has taken to chasing Larz. Larz still watches over the chickens but from a...

Why would you need to use this contraption? and is a blinder the same thing?

OK, I am really new to this chicken stuff but at what point does a rooster crow. I thought all roosters crowed. I am assuming that all of my chickens are hens, after all that is what the sign said at Tractor Supply. Only two of them looks different. The tail feathers seem to be going in the...

Is there somewhere I can go online or in person to find roosters for sale?

This is my first attempt at raising chickens. I obviously don't know much about chickens other than how to keep them happy. I'd love to have a rooster but I would hate to crack open an egg and see the beginnings of a chick. If the eggs are collected daily then refrigerated will they be the same...