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So a little history.... Last spring (in April) we started our first flock. We bought two RIR's and two Barred Rocks. One of the RIR's was went missing so we bought another one. This summer was a hot one and egg production really fell off in July, and August. The BR's started Molting in late...

...and came home with two new hens. So we found a good deal on Craig's list and went to see the coop this guy was selling. I bought it because we wanted more hens. While we were there, I seen two of the prettiest Ameraucana's in his pen. Joking around I asked him how much and he priced them to...

We've had our girls about 6 months now and we noticed one of them acting very stand-off'ish and not eating much. So the other day I picked her up and she was about half the weight she had been several weeks ago. After some research and advice we were told it was probably worms. We've yet to see...

I have a RIR that has been lethargic and sleeping for over three days now. She will some times wake up and stretch but just nods right back off. She looks drugged. She's not taking care of herself and looks very rough too. She is not eating, pooping, preening or laying any eggs. She just sleeps...

Back in the winter we decided we wanted chickens so I read and read about coop designs and anything about chickens I could find. I looked at 30 or so designs and came up with my own from those 30. I asked on Craigslist if any one had a coop for sale and a guy emailed me back and said he has...

Trying to find out of this is even an issue. We got these chickens from a guy who said his roosters were a bit aggressive with the hens before we got them. I've read about the bare backs and all four do have a spot on their backs that is bare but this one hen just has some rough feathers. Here...

One of my RIR hens is acting all crazy. She walks around and around in the chicken run acting like a crazy lunatic when she is alone. Her beak is open and she just looks crazy like something is after her. She has ran into the same walls/chicken wire 100's of times. I swear I think she has...