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Haha, I read your comment the first time to mean give the neighbors treats and distract them. lol (I think THEY are all waiting for the free eggs!) I did bring grubs out to the chickens once this morning, and it actually did keep them quiet for a while, and if this continues, will definitely...

Thanks, Sussex19, it's so good to know this isn't going to be my new normal. I don't think I could have kept the chickens if it was, my neighbors are great, but they were really loud!

UPDATE: A couple of hours later: All is quiet on the home front. lol When I realized the screeching had stopped, I went out and found two eggs in the coop. Unfortunately one had a broken shell from all the roughhousing the three hens were doing in there. It was broken on the side of a...

They really have personalities, don't they? lol

Ahhh, yes, that's about the size we're talking about! Thank you! They are finally quiet, and/or making normal clucking sounds now after about three hours of NOISE, lol. It's all so new for me and the hens, or I guess I should say pullets, I really appreciate this forum! I always get...

My 4 Black Australorps are 5 months old now and have recently laid the first two eggs between them in the last 3 days. The eggs are very small and the shells are really hard. I had to crack the eggs hard, twice each, against a bowl to open the egg. They are getting regular chicken-laying...