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The RIR laid until a couple of months ago. She quit laying completely, until about 2 weeks ago. Now they ate all soft shelled. Yes, the do free range, normally. Since the rooster, we are waiting to let them out for awhile. We feed them laying pellets and a few table scraps, frozen corn and...

I also apologize because I was mistaken on the breed of one. I did some investigating.I do not have a brahma, I have a barred rock.

I am sorry for this misunderstanding. I bought them from the local co-op as babies Easter 2015, so i am guessing on their age.The brahma quit laying after last summer. The RIR wasn't laying until the cockerel came and they are all soft shelled now.

I have 3 hens,a buff orpington, a RIR and a brahma. I have had them since they were babies. They were all great layers the 1st year, even got a double yolk every other day. They are 2 years old now. My buff orpington lays daily. RIR lays a soft shelled egg every day for the last 2 weeks. The...

We decided to build a bigger run and he is coming into his own. He is still a little timid, but he is trying to do his job. We have kept him in the run since we got him. He did get out once and it took us over an hour to catch him. We are waiting until he is the dominant one to let them free...

Thank you all so much for the replies. I am going to try and let nature take its course for a few more days. We will see what happens.

Thank you so much for that. Yes, our coop is rather small. We plan on building a bigger one at a later date. I will try your suggestion. He is so beautiful I don't want anything to happen to him.

I have 3 hens, a buff orpington and a brama. They are 1 1/2 years old. I decided to get a rooster, a 4 month old silver laced wyandotte. My hens are pecking him, not to the point of bleeding. They just chase him around the pen. He isn't crowing or trying to establish dominance. This has went on...