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I have a hen who is sick. I noticed about three weeks ago she was not aggressively eating like before. I thought it was a phase or changing of the pecking order. She started going to bed way earlier than the others. About a week and a half ago she was walking like a penguin. I soaked her in warm...

I, also, have two "IDKW" (I don't know what) lol

All my chickens are different. 1 Ameracana 1 RIR 1 White something something 1 cream speckled barnyard variety 1 grey speckled barnyard variety I am zoned for only the 3 in the city...shhhhhhhhh.

I hens make a low tone purr sound. They all stand alert and then walk or make a bee line to some cover (bush, coop, brush, or dog house). They are very savvy. Today my husband spotted a hawk on the ground giving a stalking look. He didn't see our hens (5), but didn't see any feathers either...

Dominance/pecking order stuff. If it gets bloody, make sure the pullet can get away. If it cannot, either isolate her but keep her so the others can see, smell, and safely interact. You might isolate the bully for a week... I hear that changes the pecking order somewhat. The rooster seems to be...

My Gretta mounts Matilda at least once a day. It annoys the sh*t out of my husband, me, eh not as much. They both chase after my new Auracana. I thought my big fat rule the roost hen would pick on her but not the case. Maybe she has a "thang" for the new girl on the block.

I got back from vacation and my girls are laying in the corner of the coop. It's not a large coop but I still have to use a fireplace shovel to gather them... I'm going to leave the ceramic egg in the box to entice them.

I was like you last summer... finally in early fall I got my first egg. Be patient my chicken friend. Once it starts it's like Easter every day!

I had the same problem. I kept putting them in the coop until they finally did it on their own. I had one chicken that would peck at the others to keep them off the perch. One kept sleeping on the deep bedding (wood shavings). This happened for a couple of months. Now, she and the others sleep...

You stated that you got them last April. Were they mature or immature chickens?

It's never too late for chicken talk!

Ah, reminds me the only EE I had turned out to be beautiful rooster. On his saddle feathers were little slender hearts.

I'm new to chickens. I have bought chickens from Strawberry Plains, Halls, and east of Nashville. The only problem was one of the two chickens from east of Nashville just up and died. She was still a young pullet 18 weeks. We were sold two rooster (different points in time) and had to give them...

All my girls are laying now and steady through the winter... one started laying a rubbery egg and then some some thin cream colored shelled eggs. Now her eggs are slightly getting bigger and the shell is more hardy it's changes cream tones too. I make sure the feed has crush egg shells to beef...

All of my chickens are laying. Not every day... well two (RIR and barnyard mix I'm guessing). I have a white chicken that is laying a small egg and a few rubbery eggs. My newest layer is a Barred Rock mix and is laying a brown egg. I didn't think they would lay during the winter. They stopped...