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Chickens need 14 hours of daylight or they automatically slow down laying to give their body a rest such as in winter with short days. Chickens will quit laying when they are molting also. Feathers are protein so they can't grow new feathers and lay eggs also. Not to worry though. Chickens...

My 1 year old Jersey Giant went broody so I left her alone. She hatched 1 chick from the 2 eggs she had. The chick is 4 days old and moma laid an egg today the size of a nickel.

I dont know. I know stress changes things. I got 17 barred rocks that are just over 2 years old. Last year i averaged 13 eggs a day. This year i average 5. They free range only a couple hours every evening but the have a huge run. Plenty food and fresh water, plenty oyster shell, and a...

I mix laying mash, sunflower seeds, scratch and DE in my feed barrels and thats what they get besides running around the acres. DE controls most problems.

I use an electric fence too. Theyre really cheap actually. Min only free range a couple hours every evening when im there. Their run is plenty large for days they dont get out.

Without a constant supply of water they can easily die and dehydrate. Chickens keep an average temperature of 105. Also birds will not lay regular without lots of clean water. Both my chicken house have lean toos for shade and protection from weather and this is where food and water stay, not...

4 day old Jersey Giant

Jersey Giant, 4 days old

Yes i do. I have bought babies and pullets unvaccinated and lose many of them in the first 2-3 years. There are many diseases and illnesses they can get. I have had chickens in my life for nearly 60 years. I buy them now from reputable hatcheries and vaccinated. I have one girl thats 7 years...

I have 17 barred rocks now 18 months old. I find no illness siggns. They get good quality pellets. They always have scratch. They get fresh veggies and grass. Their houses are clean. Their pen is 2000 square feet and safe. They also get out on my 7 acres, several afternoons a week. My...

1 year old Barred Rock

I have 7 acres and 20 girls with one rooster. They free range whenever I'm outside. They have large houses in an enclosed yard they return to dozens of times a day. They put themselves up before dark and I close the pen. They are welcome in my garden as they do very little damage but eat...

Die in shipping

I get all my girls at Cackle Hatchery. Guaranteed quality and breed, have vaccinations, good price. They always send a couple extra and I've never had one for in shipping.

I have lost an occasional hen to Hawks but haven't figured how to cover my run efficiently. My run is 46 ft wide and 80 ft long. If I add tin or a roof I'd need hundreds of support structures. If I use wire I'd still need tons of supports and then it would stay thick with leaves and no way to...

My feeders are in the hen house and hang a foot off the floor under the nest boxes. They eat very little actually because they forage all day.

That I don't know

When I clean the flakes out the house twice a year, I put then in the pen. Helps eliminate so much mud since the dig all the time. They love digging under them for hiding bugs and worms. I put the cleaning from the poop boards in a mulch pile during the summer and use them everywhere. They...