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I have a red star that is about 2.5 years old. It was a good layer for about a year but hasn't laid in about a year. There is clearly something wrong with it as it has it's butt on the ground and it is no longer flying/roosting at night. It's tail feathers are a mess and she isn't very active...

I have a Buff Orpington (a little over a year old) that has been laying a lot of soft shelled/broken eggs. 3 in the past 3-4 days and about 7 in the past 2 weeks. They are fed with Kalmbach Feeds Hi Omega All Natural Layer Crumbles (17% protein), always have access to clean water and oyster...

Just wondering if I should be concerned or throw out the chicken scratch. Its filled with small mites. The chickens don't seem to mind and don't seem to have any issues with mites. They have a dustbath with sand and DE.

She lays large slightly tinted blue/green eggs.

Can you tell what mine is? I got it from my contractor when it was 1.5 years old. He wasn't sure what it was.

There are 2 wooden bars in the picture where they roost, and at the end is a nesting box which I will probably modify at some point to accommodate more chickens. Rats have been an issue. The pictures that I posted are old; the PVC pipe was closing a gap which let in squirrels and rats, but has...

If I coop them up then they'll just yell at me until I let them out. I'm confident that it will keep everything out except for mice.

Yes, all of the borders go down at least a foot, and the top is all wire with wood borders. The only predators that we have around here are coyotes which live in the neighboring nature preserve, but there's no way that they can get in. We have some large birds too since I'm near streams, but...

See my other post for pictures of my setup. The coop has doors, but I never use them. They remain open so that they can roam.

Their coop is dry, but they are free to roam their large enclosure which is open to rain.

Thanks. 2 of them are 16 weeks old. Should I wait to get more pullets (5 week olds)? I've been actively trying to get some more through my supplier once they become available. Will they be able to withstand the chilly 30 degree Dallas winter weather? Snow isn't an issue. In Dallas it snows...

This will be my first winter with chickens. I live in Dallas where we get maybe 2-4 hard freezes a year. I didn't think that it would be an issue for the chickens, but as it's starting to get colder I figured it would be good to get some advice. Will they be okay or should I get some sort of...

Just wondering if this is normal. She would lay an egg about every other day or every 2 days. We finally let our grown pullets out of the cage within their enclosure a few weeks ago. She hasn't laid any eggs in over a week now. Everyone seems healthy and gets along for the most part and they...

This is a 6-7 week old easter egger pullet and I keep wondering if this coloring is real or just some dye that the breeders used to keep track of the breeds. The coloring is deep blue/violet and mainly on one side.

Thanks for the responses. I ordered a dog fence which I will cover the top, additional feeder and waterer, and grower food for the pullets. I'm planning on leaving them in there until they get to be around 20 weeks old (time when they should switch to the layer food). Or at least that's the plan...

I just placed an order for two 4-5 week old pullets which will arrive in a week. I have a pretty large enclosure roughly 42' x 8', but with the new birds being so young, do I need to keep them in a separate enclosure for a few months or do I have enough space that the birds will be ok? Also...