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Thanks. There is still hope then. : ) On a side note our little frizzle bantam found his cock-a-doodle-do last night. We weren't sure if it was a roo but that proved it.

Lol. Of course they would. I haven't seen any eggs around the yard. I do have one place I need to check when I get home that I just thought of, under an enclosed trailer that they like to hang out under.

Kad- Yes, they are free range. We usually let them out at 9:30-10 am. They put themselves to bed. Scooper - We are ready for the eggs! My 6 yr old daughter can hardly stand it!

I have 4 RSL that are 21 weeks old and are not laying yet. I read that they should start laying at 16 weeks. Should I be worried? One of them has had a bright red pronounced comb and wattles for a couple weeks now, but I have still not found an egg. The other 3 are just now starting to get...

Tonight he didn't even get in the nest box, which is only about a foot off the ground. He was at least getting in the box the last few nights.

Ok. Now it seems like his feathers aren't fluffy anymore. It looks like someone pinched them individually. I saw him try to jump up on the roost and he coyldnt make it that high, I'm assuming because of the feathers. Also, his comb and wattle don't seem as red as they usually are. The comb also...

Thanks for your help.

By the way they are about 12 weeks old.

My little frizzle banty hasn't done much the last couple days. He usually is the most active but he hasn't done anything except get in and out of his coop for two days. He just sits there. His crop feels squishy. His poop is runny and all white. Does anybpdy know what might be wrong? Please...

Black racers definately dont seem to be an issue. I havent had trouble with garter snakes either. I really wouldn't have thought a yellow rat snake would be an issue. I guess I assumed they would know that a chicken wouldnt fit in their bodies. I figured I might lose an egg or two to a snake...

When I build my run, I plan to use 1/2" hardware cloth. This happened while they were free range. Thanks for all the condolences and suggestions.

Dawg - It was a yellow rat snake. It didnt take very much research to figure it out. This is the picture I took.

The reason I am asking is we lost a bantam cochin a few days ago to a snake (which I also posted in a different thread) and it was my daughters favorite one. I was just trying to find out what the chances of getting another one was. I don't really want to add too many more right now. Thanks for...

Would it be better if there were more than one new chicks?

I figured as much, but I was hoping otherwise...