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All of our chickens are pretty young, about 20 weeks now. Gia started laying about three weeks ago, surprising us all. As soon as she layed her first egg, my Silkie made it known that he was a rooster by crowing for the first time and then actively pursuing Gia. We didn't know before that what...

My Japanese Bantam, who just recently started laying and caused my Silkie rooster to come out of the closet, stopped laying about ten days ago and then disappeared yesterday. I finally found her sitting on a nest behind the garbage can. She isn't in a very safe place. The rooster was very...