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My two Easter Eggers stopped laying about a week ago. The other four hens (different breeds) are still laying so I'm not sure what the problem is. If it were worms, I would think all would have them.

I have six hens of different breeds; two Easter Eggers that I know lay blue eggs, a Rhode Island Red that lays a plain brown egg but I can't figure out what color the other three lay. I have a Welsummer, a Silver Laced Wyandotte and a Black Australorp. One of them is laying light brown eggs...

We just had a hawk attack this morning. It went after one of my Easter Eggers. Poor girl was frightened to death and lost some feathers but I didn't see any puncture wounds or blood on her chest. She hid most of the morning but this afternoon, she was out with the flock pecking for snacks and...

My friends and I share six chickens. They live at my friends house as they have the coop on their property. The other day, my friend found a large rat in the coop and they've noticed some droppings. The chickens have moved outside and haven't touched their food. They've been eating the goat...

This is going to sound gross but my favorite hen, my Blue Andalusian was found this morning with what looks like her bowels prolapsed. All the fluffy butt feathers look like they're either wet or missing and you can see something hanging. My friend who has my chickens at her house is a nurse...

I'm thinking of buying one of these saddles for my horse. I've read many positive reviews.

For all of you in Massachusetts (and New Hampshire for that matter), does anyone know where I can re-home a rooster? I have a 12 week old Black Australop who is very friendly and sweet but he started crowing at 5am. Right now, we're going to keep him but if he becomes annoying or the neighbors...

Now I'm getting worried. My chicks are 7 weeks old. As a treat, I've been giving them fresh dug earth worms; maybe about twice a week, just about four worms that I toss to them so some get them and some don't. Should I work my flock?

Do the chickens eat the Sweet PDZ? And would they roost on the edge of the lip and poop on the floor? I'm trying to think of a way to do something like this. Keep going back and forth between a pit on the floor and a board under the roosts. My chickens are in a coop that my friend has (we...