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I was wondering how to tell how old a chicken was. I bought 14 chickens last october from a guy at the flea market who said they were about 10 months old. I was getting an average of about 3-4 eggs this winter which decreased to about 1-2 a day by March. I've been getting one a day for the last...

I lost a chicken yesterday.She puffed up the day before and was looking bad. I put her in the coop with water and food and by the end of the day she wasn't moving and had her head under her wing.Yesterday morning when I went out she was barely breathing and had fluid running from her beak. She...

When our temps got down to about 8 degrees a couple of weeks ago one of my hens got bad frostbite on her comb. The other 13 had no signs that it affected them. She has lost about 3/4 of her comb so far but doesn't seem to be suffering any ill effects from it other than getting picked on more...

I tried the hanging cabbage idea on my chiks this morning. I hung it from the fence in the run with a coathanger and when I left there was cabbage flying everywhere. They loved it.

It has been pouring rain and most of my chickens are all wondering around the run getting wet. 10 are outside and 4 are staying in. I didn't know if this was normal or not. Their food and water is inside the coop so I guess they must just get bored being inside and go wonder around in the rain.

Last night I went to check on my chickens and there were 2 in one egg box and 2 in the other box sleeping. They usually are all on the roosts except one that sleeps in the box occasionally. I would have thought they were cold but last night was a lot warmer than the previous two nights. I guess...

I got my chickens last Saturday and was wondering how long it usually takes them to settle in. I'm getting 3 eggs a day from 14 RIR/Leghorn chickens. I have sup. light coming on early in the morning. The guy I got them from said they were born in april so that would make them about 8 monthes...

Just finished my coop about 2 weeks ago and got my chickens Saturday. I have 14 Rhode Island/White Leghorn cross. They seem to be settling in and I'm already getting 3 eggs a day.