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So I earlier this year I had a hen pecker. She pecked the neck feathers off of two of my other birds before i was able to separate her for a while and fix the behavior. So now I have two birds with naked necks! i am concerned about them staying warm this winter (we are in Ohio with nice...

Thanks for all the advice. I think we are going to try it and see how it goes. If they don't get along we will just pull the hens out and put them into a smaller coop (we have a couple old dog houses on the property that will work for a few weeks).

We kept one of ours that "escaped" into the bushes on butcher day. He lived a little over two years and I think would have gone on strong for quite a while longer if he hadn't been caught by coyotes one evening. He became of favorite of ours living with our hens and always ready to eat! He...

We kept a cornish rock cross for about 2 years. A male, but it was interesting to see how big he got. We named him Charlie and he got as big as a turkey, waddling around and croaking. He was very friendly and was a favorite. We only kept him because he escaped into the bushes on butcher day...

We have 10 3yr old laying hens right now. We are hoping to get about 50 meat birds in a couple weeks to raise through the spring. We have a large coop and pen big enough to hold them all comfortably, but I am wondering about placing the meat birds in with the hens once they are big enough. We...

My hubby butchered a deer in our side yard. By noon there was nothing left of the blood and guts he left behind. our chickens had cleaned the whole place up. Little vultures!

My hubby decided that it would be a good idea to raise some meat birds and then also have some hens for eggs. We ordered 40 meat birds and they were delicious. We ordered 10 hens and they gave us 20 extra! Our flock has dwindled now to about 15 after 2.5 years and somehow they have ended up...

Our girls squash in on each other all the time. We have 10 boxes and they all lay in the same 2 boxes. Crazy. When one is laying and another is hanging out I call it the midwife. Maybe she's just there to encourage.

Yes, they have killed several of our chickens. We have also shot a couple of them. They kill the chickens and eat the eggs. One time I found one curled up in one of the nests. He was so full of eggs he just snarled at me and laid back down. he's dead now. Ugh, I hate them. We have to be...

I do not want a house chicken, but one of our girls has decided she likes the house better than the coop. She sneaks in the garage all the time, even laying a few eggs in there. I keep shooing her out, but back in she comes. Crazy birds. She is pretty funny though.

Our girls continue to lay through winter -- they are all 2.5 years old. At least they have the last couple years. We keep a heat lamp in the coop and let them range in the afternoon. It slows a bit, but still pretty good amounts.

We have a dozen birds and there is one girl who makes a ruckus for about an hour every afternoon. Continually hollering, every day, same time. She just struts around under our trees yelling out her wares or something. I dunno. I just close the windows. Our neighbors are all gone this time...

She is 2.5 years old. If the garage door is open she comes in and finds a roost inside there, but not in the coop. Maybe she is just an outcast. Oh well, we'll see what happens.

I have a hen that refuses to come in the coop at night. Instead she perches all my herself at the top of a ladder leading against our house. The only way to get her inside is if I pick her up and put her in when I close the door at night. Fine for now with the warm weather, but concerned if...

wow, $5 is crazy! I sell mine for $3 a dozen but I also do free delivery, which is the only reason I charge $3 instead of $2. I have a couple regular customers and it evens out to pay for feed and supplies. I don't make a profit, but is enough just to be able to have fresh eggs that I know...