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I have a 10 mo. old Blue Laced & Black Orpington hen who needs to join a new flock. She is laying large, medium brown eggs and is very healthy. She is from a NPIP P/T, AI, MG and MS certified farm and has not been free ranged. She is mid level in the pecking order and picks on my lowest...

Can I use Start & Grow for laying pullets by adding some kind of protein? I have 2 out of 7 pullets laying now. Expectng a couple more might start laying before too long. As soon as the first one started laying I put out oyster shell. It gets eaten up right away. Question is about feed. I have a...

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I have been purchasing DE from the feed store where I get chick start, bedding, etc. It is so expensive there! I use a dusting of it in the coop and run regularly, so I'm looking for a more affordable source. I use Amazon fairly often, but was a little hesitant with this because I want to be...

Blue Laced & Black Orpington Cockerels Parent Line Parent Line Help please! My ventures into starting a flock have been sad and challenging, so far. I had 10 chicks shipped 2 mo. ago, and all but 3 arrived dead. I was unsuccessful in saving the other 3. I...

Help! Out of a hatch of 10 I ended up with 7 cockerels. Anyone in Oregon or Washington, please consider one of these boys as a flock tender, breeder or show bird. They are 10 week old Blue & Black Laced American Standard Orpingtons. These are not hatchery birds that you would buy at a farm...

Hi I'm in Salem Oregon! The Delaware hen I had ran away with one of the neighbor's roosters. The neighbor has a very large flock and I didn't have the heart to try and bring Big Mama back. She seems happy enough. Over the last 2 years she's visited only twice. My husband built me a coop...

I am a newbie chicken keeper. Right now I have 10 birds, but will end up with 7 or 8. I think I have the coop bedding and cleaning part handled to this point. I use a sprinkling of DE in corners, on floor and in nesting boxes before I lay down a layer of pine shavings and then bedding pellets...

When my husband and I were first married he had four hens and a little coop. These chickens were so mean I thought I would never consider having hens again...until a stray Delaware (I think) hen showed up at the back of our property. She eventually found her way up to the house where I feed...