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What, if anything, should I do about that?

Any idea what is going on here? Two hens. Seem to live fine together. Never seen any sign of trouble. One of them seems to have a bloody beak.

Exact opposite problem....my hens stopped laying in about October...nothing again yet. They are about 4 years old. Are they done laying?

Ok. Thanks. How long do they live on their own btw?

So, put a light in the roosting part of the coop? Leave it on for how many hours a day? (I’m not closing up the roosting part of the coop unless it’s a hard freeze at night btw.) If I don’t add light, when should I expect to see eggs again? Thx.

I have a pair of Rhode Island Reds. They are about two years old. For the past couple of years, on the coldest nights I have on a heat lamp outside of the roost. This year I decided to close up of the coop on the coldest nights. Once I started doing that near the end of December, they stopped...

I keep seeing stuff that says don't compost pet droppings for use with edible crops. Why is that? Is there some reason this is not a concern with chicken droppings?

One of our two hens died suddenly. Anyone in the DC metro area have a solid laying hen for immediate sale. I think we had something called a Golden Comet. Something similar preferred. Thx.

Anybody selling a laying hen in suburban MD or DC Metro?

I know I'm not really using very much tap water for my chickens. But I have the rain barrel... Seemed like the right thing to do as long as it won't harm them.

Well, it is also not treated to kill bacteria and parasites. Should I periodically clean the barrel with some water and bleach? Any advice on how to most safely use this water, would be appreciated. Thx.

I have a rain water barrel. Can I use that to water my chickens? Or do I have to use tap water to be safe?

We live in suburban Washington DC. We got a coop. And we pretty much let our two hens have free run of our fenced in yard. At night or when we would be away for extended stretches of time, we closed the hens in the coop. But whenever we were home during the day, they could roam and have fun...