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We added up on coop a few months ago. Now there are 3 different roost levels instead of 2. The last week or so while I am doing my nightly count I have been noticing all the chickens are in a different spot then the night before. Is this normal? Shirley my alpha hen was always up top until about...

Last June we got a Jack Russell mix from the local Humane Society. She is a great little dog but she chews on things. She does really well as long as she has her chew sticks. Well our whole family recently had a cold bug. Our little Penny took to chewing snot rags. Eww I know. She would get in...

I am trying so hard to be patient but it's getting a little difficult. I know EE's take longer then other breeds before they lay but her Wellie sisters I got her with have been laying since the 12th of Oct. Greta hasn't even started to squat yet :( She is still so wild and crazy. Please tell me...

I feed my chicken 3 days ago and their feed was dry. I keep the feed in an old chest freezer. Tonight I went out to feed them and noticed the bottom of the freezer was wet. I got the dry stuff out of there but there was probably 2 days worth of feed that was wet there is no mold on it...

My 5 SS are going through their(and mine) first molt. Shirley the alpha hen is having a much harder time then the others. She has lost a lot more feathers then the rest. The last 3 nights she has stopped roosting with the others and has started sleeping by herself in the nest box. Is this...

For the first time since May 12th I didn't get an egg from my girls. What's the deal? They have feed and water and they got tomatoes and kale got treats today, but still no egg. Only 1 of my 5 (for sure) layers looks like she is starting to molt. I don't get it. The weather hasn't changed too...

I went out to talk with my girls yesterday evening and there was an egg in the run. None of my 5 SS hens have ever laid in the run before. The egg was a very light brown and it looks like it could be one of theirs but I have three 20 week old pullets that may have laid it. 2 are Wellies and the...

I have 5 SS hens that are 14months old and 2 Wellies and 1 EE that are almost 20 weeks. I have gotten a different looking egg twice this week. I am thinking one of my Wellies has started laying but these eggs aren't much darker then some that my SS lay. I was out watching my chickens today and...

I was just wondering what the size and weight of a Wellie egg should I expect? I have two 19 week old Wellies that have been squatting for just over a week now. Today I got an egg that wasn't quiet colored like my SS eggs normally are but it was the same weight. It was a little bit more narrow...

We added 3 new chicks to our flock back in May. They hatched on April 25th. We got 2 Wellies and an EE. The 2 Wellies squatted today for the first time. I know it could still be a few weeks cause they are only 17weeks 4days old but the SQUATTED !! So how much longer should I expect to have to...

My brothers neighbor has about 20 RIR's they are about 24 to 25 weeks. He hasn't heard and crowing yet but he hasn't gotten eggs either. I think the has a secret nest someplace. He never put fake eggs or golf balls in their nest box. I looked for pointed hackle and saddle feathers but they are...

My Brothers neighbors has some RIR he got them the 2nd week in Feb. Which would put them at around 24 to 25 week. He has a great coop and nest boxes and a big yard for them. He hasn't gotten any eggs yet so I am thinking they are hoping the fence and laying in the bushes. I told him he needs to...

One of my SS was acting sickly this evening. Wings and tail dropping, feathers fluffed up, she was off by herself acting very sleepy. I checked her crop it was fine so I was looking her over and seen that she had dried poop stuck to her vent feathers and her vent feather were spread like she was...

My hen just turned a year old today. She was acting normal earlier today eat and drinking normally. I went out to talk with them all and Bess was standing off by her self wing drooped down and she was all puffed up and acting sleepy. I checked her crop first and it was normal some food in it but...

My 5 SS pullets will be a year old in about a week. I have three 11 week old pullets that I want to integrate. I have had the little chicks in a run that uses one of the main run sides so the chickens have seen each other everyday for the last 6 or 7 weeks and they do fine when they are out free...

I have a 10.5 week old Wellie girl that has had this green spot on her leg/foot since she was 3 weeks old. I thought maybe she had broken it some how but she has never limped, walked funny or even babied that leg. It doesn't seem to bother her at all. I am just wondering is it just something...

I have 5 SS that will be 1 year old in 2 weeks. They are all laying almost daily. Mabel will tuck all the eggs under her and sit on them until I pull them out from under her. She doesn't object to me taking the eggs and as soon as the eggs are gone she hops out of the nest and goes back out...

Fred Meyer had their pineapples on sale last week 10 for $10 so we bought a few. I thought my girls might like some. So I took them out a few little pieces and the hated it. They didn't like strawberries or pears either. What treats do your chickens not like?

My SS's are 11 months old and only one has molted a minor molt. I thought that maybe Shirley was molting but her feathers haven't fallen out they just curled out like this and have stayed like this for over a month now. The other 4 SS's feathers are normal. Shirley's are the only ones doing...

We have 5 SS pullets they are almost a year old. We wanted to add some color to our eggs so we got three more chicks in May. What we thought were 3 Wellies ended up being 2 Wellies and 1 EE. I have noticed once they were feathered and outside that the EE like to explore much more then the...