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It seems that I am about to adopt another non-laying hen. All 6 of her flock mates were slaughtered by a predator in one horrible night. The lone hen hid under the horse box and only came out 2 days later. She is completely traumatized. Her owner said she just wanders around the yard in a...

Congratulations on the egg!!!! Perhaps I still hold the egg-free record of 90+ days?? I just read an article in Chickens Magazine that purports unwashed eggs stored at 40F degrees will last 4 months. Maybe I should start stocking up in August rather than distribute to the neighbors? A...

Hahahahahaha I acquired a Rhode Island Red (long story but she chose me) 2 months old. OK. Most of my chicken keeping friends brag that their RIRs lay at 4 - 6 months. Mine? EIGHT months plus, of course. Therefore, be aware that every hen reaches puberty when her anatomy is ready. It...

Oh, dear, I hope that none of you are so unlucky as to break my record. I stopped counting at 90 days! I'm sticking to the thought that my drought (with 6 hens) was ONLY 90 days. Every week I would go out to the coop with an egg box and chide the girls. It is completely embarrassing to go...

Oh, they are so lovely! Seeing the photographs made me long for chicks. Perhaps when Pumpkin goes broody I will let her hatch eggs or I will buy her some chicks. I don't need more hens, but "need" and "hens" are seldom in the same sentence around here. Both Kiki and Crystal do have the...

Sounds like you have a well rounded flock. I believe you a perfectly correct that your hens need their natural vacation from laying. Many people here put lights in their coops to keep egg production going but I don't think this is good for the hens in the long run. When I visit and mentally...

Keep the faith! For me all six hens stopped laying for 3 months. That is NINETY days during which time I had to buy "grocery store" eggs!! After much worry, quite a lot of research and constant TLC it seems that the natural cycle for my hens in New Jersey is to rest for the early part of the...

I have 6 backyard hens here in New Jersey. My hens stopped laying completely last October apparently when the days got shorter. For months I fed, cleaned and worried. I couldn't find a single thing wrong. The girls were getting a good diet, extra greens and daily treat (but not too much...