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Okay! Sounds like a larger house/run is in order before I do anything. Thank you!!

Technically I can have up to 6, but I want to be fair and realistic on space I have for them right now. Perhaps you can tell me what my max is? :) I currently have a 10 ft x 3 ft coop, and 4ft x 2.5 ft hen house. They'd get free ranging about 4 hours a day during most of the year (save for the...

Thank you SO much!

Hi all, I'm considering getting a few chicks (hens) and have a couple of questions. 1) Would a Barred Plymouth Rock, an Australorp, and an Easter Egger be good coop-mates? 2) Would three hens that are raised from chick-age together be okay? or should I keep even numbers? Thank you for your...

Very well could be. Personally, I thought they were smaller and less red than the RIR's I've seen in the past. Maybe they're just coming to the end of laying. Hm. Makes sense, considering what's happening.

I am 100% with you on this. I just don't think I can keep them for 8+ years without getting eggs from them because we have such a limited number we're allowed to have. I can see it if you are able to have many chickens, in which case I would keep them until the end because they'd be part of the...

Hi all, I'm curious as to what some of you do when you have chickens that are no longer laying but they've been fed like pets so the family doesn't want to eat them. As city-dwellers, we are limited in how many chickens we have, so keeping them throughout their lifespan means at some point no...

Here are some better pictures! Can you tell if they are production reds at all by looking at these?

Hi Kikisgirls! Thank you so much for your response! I only throw out scratch grains in random areas through the dirt paths in the garden. I never throw it in their run. I do it around 2 times a week and only about 1.5 cups total each time in about 5 areas of about 1/4 acre where they get to...

Hi there! They are Rhode Island Reds. They get about 4 hours of range time out of their run and when they go in they get their greens treat. Other than that they are eating Layena crumbles. The nutrition breakdown is here: Crude Protein (min.) 16% Crude Fat (min.) 2.5% Crude Fiber (max.) 6.5%...

Hi all, I had mystery egg destruction that wasn't happening consistently so I got wooden eggs as suggested and it seemed to solve the issue, until a week or so ago when I saw another egg destroyed. Today I pulled an egg that had a really soft part of the shell (picture) and I'm thinking that's...

Hi all, I'm considering buying a coop from The Chicken Coop Company. While it would be wonderful for me to be able to build one from scratch, the reality is that I don't have the skills, tools, or otherwise, to do so. That said, I do want the best I am able to afford for my girls, so I'm...

I heard a bit of advice about that from a local farm supply store owner here. He said to pop a little hole in an egg, drain the inside out, then fill with either dish soap (like Dawn), or mustard. Apparently, hot sauce is a no-go because, as you've found out, they love it. So weird! I would have...

They've got coop run space of 8x3' and 4x2' hen house. They free-range on about 1/4 acre for about 4-5 hours of the day. I feed them Hunt & Behren's crumbles as a staple, and I supplement with what I call "chicken salad" in the early afternoon after they go back in the coop from their free range...

Oh, crap. Apparently one of our hens laid an egg in the run. Weird, really. They were roaming free and then during that time they went back into their run and someone laid IN the run. Haven't seen that happen. Anyway, how it was noticed is because they were pecking at something and, closer...