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I would assume that your older chickens may actually hurt the baby chicks! eee... I'm having to think about this same dilemma; we want to get some new babies to add to our 7 hens who will be two years old this May. I'm thinking that if we do go ahead and add new birds, we will keep them...

Well... you really only need 1 rooster... it's just not good to have that many with how little hens you have!! I know it may be hard to get rid of them, but for the best and happiest hens, it's the way to go. They may eventually end up killing each other otherwise. They will end up in a war of...

Quote: I've actually heard that Buff O's may take up to a year to lay their first eggs... luckily I have others that layed at 4 months so hopefully being around a hen that's ready will hormonally encourage them to lay sooner...

Hi! I'm up in east Ferndale, WA with 7 hens and 1 rooster... my chickens are all about 4 months and my Red Star, Lulu, layed our first egg today!!! I am such a proud mama!

Hi! I use Albers All-Purpose Poultry Crumbles. My chickens love it! I wouldn't thing there would be anything wrong with having your other birds eat it too.

It's a light brown egg... I know the exposure on the camera-phone makes it washed-out and pink looking... it's also a lot smaller than it looks in the photo, but I am so EXCITED!

I got my first egg today! From mama hen Lulu, a Red Star (Red sex-link) I am one proud owner today!

I have what I think is a Welsummer Rooster and he is just a few days over 4 months old. He started to develop a furry face as an adolescent and he has not yet developed a comb... I am wondering if this is normal? Do lots of roosters get furry faces? It's like he has a beard on the sides of his...

LOL... Well yes, chickens tend to poop in their roosting areas a lot while sleeping at night... they will poop anywhere and everywhere so it's best to have strong wiring as a flooring to pull across your hen house so that the droppings can fall through to the bottom onto the ground or bottom of...