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My chickens are up every morning around 4 AM. Between our yard light and our neighbor's, there's a little light all the time outside, but the inside is dark. Mine haven't started laying eggs yet and their chicks hatched in July. So I'm patiently waiting, but am afraid that the chicks will...

Do you think she's trying to keep them warm? Or is she just trying to hide them from you? I grew up on a farm with lots of chickens, but I can't get my own two hens to lay anything, so don't mind me.

My two hens are the same way. They are both the same size and are both from my mom's flock. But one of them is the leader and the other just follows her around. I haven't seem them fight at all, but if the follower eats before the boss, she clucks to high heaven and the other one backs off...

I would love to!! But I live on the edge of a small town. The chickens are fine, but I don't think the neighbors would tolerate goats. We've been looking for a small farm, but land around here is so expensive. Red River Valley of the North, I've heard its the most fertile ground in the...

My "chicks" were hatched in July, so they are half grown already. They fly around too. So I will definately boost the boxes up a good 18 inches. Anyone have ideas about why the two hens haven't laid any eggs yet?

I hope I have this in the right section, (sorry if its not). This July my mom gave me 2 hens and 10 fertilized eggs. All the eggs belonged to the one hen (Hildegard). Hazel, the other hen, had her nest stolen by another hen whose eggs had all been eaten by a predator. All Hazel did all day...

I'm so glad you asked this question. My mom gave me 2 hens and 10 fertilized eggs in July. (All the eggs belonged to one hen, the other's nest had been stolen by a hen whose eggs were eaten by a predator.) Its a 2.5 hour trip back to my place, and the eggs were cheeping by the time we got...