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Thank you. I appreciate the reply.

Nobody here either?

I posted about this a couple of days ago, but it should have been on this board and not the behaviors one, so I am going to try again. I have noticed a sharp dropoff in egg production this past week. The last 3 days have only produced ONE egg. I have 7 hens (5 established layers and 2 who have...

Anybody?

I have a mixed breed flock of 7 hens. 2 of these are actually young pullets who have not yet started to lay. Of the other 5, up until about 10 days ago, I was getting anywhere from 3 to 5 eggs a day, which I thought was pretty good. About that time, one of my older hens started to go broody. She...

So glad you found her!!

I am happy for you! You had me giggling--good job!

How exciting!!

Wow! How cute is that?!

Very lovely chickens!

Here is a picture of my Barbi helping my mom paint. I don't know if you can tell it here, but she has just grabbed a Q-tip and is turning to run off with it! I love Barbi.

Don't starlings have yellower beaks?

Maybe it is an individual personality thing? I have one of each. My Barred Rock is definitely my friendliest chicken. She has the most personality in a bunch of different ways. I love her. My RIR is the flightiest out of my 7 girls. But it looks like others here have had different experiences.

I often foster horses for a rescue. I named the mare I had last year "Mercy".

Quote: Someone debeaked her when she was young. i wouldn't ever do it though, its hard for her to pick things up off the ground. But it has made her friendly cause when I throw out the scratch she runs up to me to get the food out of my hand Oh. I have heard of that. I guess I just didn't...