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Our coop is walk-in height, and is built off of our deck, in an "open plan" construction. This means that, until I winterize and close in the third wall, the back wall of our chicken coop is the railing of our deck. For a roost, we have a single 2x4, installed at approximately 36''. All of my...

Duchess, one of my RIRs, laid her 5th sequential double yolker monster egg today. She's my second hen to go into lay, the first of which has never produced a double yolker. Is this fairly common behavior? She is acting completely normal. I'm just checking on the potential long term effects of...

My RIR started exhibiting signs of broodiness today. She selected a nest spot and wouldn't leave it, shouted at me when I got close to her, laid her wings out flat on the ground when I attempted to touch her. I think she may be broody, or getting there, over her very first clutch of eggs. I...

Hi Folks, My RIR hens started acting strange today-- letting us reach down and touch them, and "bowing" when we do so. This is new behavior, since they are usually skittish! I told my husband we'd have eggs really, really soon. About an hour later, one of my hens laid an egg-- on the roost...

This is Nugget, the sweetest rooster around! He's been good to the girls, and started crowing a few weeks back. He is 17 weeks, and needs a new home FAST. One of my neighbors has threatened to report the crowing, and while my hens are legal, he is not. I am in Kennewick, WA.

Hi there, I posted a thread recently about a hen with a limp. Gimpy's limp has improved significantly- for the most part, she is putting weight on her foot, and walking normally. She does occasionally limp. Upon examining her today, I noticed that the foot she had previously been refusing...

I have a hen with a limp! She was somehow injured about a week ago, and is doing great. She was fine one night, and the next morning was missing a handful of tail feathers (I found them on the floor of the coop) and was having trouble putting weight on one foot/leg. She's had a limp ever...

I have two sets of young chickens. My larger flock (4 pullets, 2 cockerels), are all about 11 weeks old, give or take a few days. My smaller flock (4 pullets) are somewhere around 5-6 weeks old-- they were at the tail end of the chick season, and a bit on the large side at the feed store. I'm...

My small backyard flock currently consists of 6 chickens, all of whom are about 6 weeks old. We have: Feather- EE Rooster (rehoming in the coming weeks/months) Nugget- Silver Laced Wyandotte Rooster Juice Box- RIR hen Penny- RIR hen RIR hen (unnamed) RIR hen (unnamed) Today, I added...

We have hens. We have a rooster (two... but soon to be one, I think. That's another story.) If we collect eggs the day (or next day) they're laid, can they be eaten, regardless of fertilization? At that stage, they're just eggs and safe to consume, right? I don't want chicks, and I don't...

Hi chicken experts! :) I am a total newbie to the backyard chicken lifestyle. My flock of 6 includes what I am pretty sure are two roosters. They were bought in a ".99 chick bin" so I have no idea what breeds I've got. I was thinking the black one (Nugget) may be a Wyandotte? Nugget was...