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Thank you so much, you all are so helpful. I've got the girls on layer feed now along with oyster shells ad lib. The 3 little RIR's are laying. It's the 5 BO pullets that I expected to lay by now. They are 7-8 months old now and the rooster seems to think they are mature enough. My husband...

I was recently complaining about my nonlaying birds and someone told me to feed them hog feed. They used to have 300 birds and said it worked for them. . Obviously that wouldn't be a good idea long term because of the nutritional differences. Have any of you heard of kick starting laying...

Buff Orpingtons are cold/heat tolerant and lay well.

2/10 but it's better than 0 which is what we've been getting for a couple months now. We've nicknamed them the useless mother cluckers.

I love having so much information at my fingertips! I have a Buff Orpington rooster (Frenchy), 5 Buff pullets who really should be laying by now and 2 Americaunas who seem to have stopped laying. Thank you all for the information and shared experiences!

Welcome! I am new too and learning how things work. What a wealth of information!

Frenchie crows when I open the chicken house around 7:00 am CST and in answer to neighboring roosters. He also crows when we walk by his coop or when he wants treats. And the Frenchie alarm goes off when danger is near. He actually chased a deer down the drive a couple weeks ago. The...