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Hi all- My Orpinton hen went broody (she only had one egg under her) I thought maybe some of the other girls might have laid eggs with her, but no dice. In my childish excitement I thought "ohhh babies!" & added 3 more eggs (a day or 2 after #1 was laid). So #1 was oldest by maybe a day or two...

Seriously gang... I need advice here. My 4 month old Bantams (& 3 Orpinton hens, same age) used to all come to me and sleep on my lap and look for attention (accept the Silkies, they've always been useless lol) but now they are all terrified of me. We had a racoon attack about 2 weeks ago...

1 of my 3yo hens is missing the front 2/3 of a toe. I have no idea what the heck happened! The girls don't seem to have have scaly leg (though I am comparing them to the dreadful pictures online). The scales of their legs do seem to look 'obvious' but they always have... cuz chickens n'all that...

Hi Folks- I have 39 hens, but this is regarding my original flock of 9: 2 of them were missing all of their back feathers.. & 3 (are still) missing feathers from the 'elbows' and 2 (are still missing) from the back of their heads. -The new hens are not pecking at the older girls; they were...

Hi all! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? This is my 2nd summer with hens (2) How many chickens do you have right now? currently have 39 hens :) (3) What breeds do you have? 30 BergBrown (basically just 'no name' brown hens) & 9 Columbian Rock Red cross (4)...