A few years ago, I received my first laying hens that was given to me but they weren't laying even though they were over a year old. I don't know if they were laying before I got them. An old farmer I met at my local co-op told me to give them crush red pepper in their feed and they will start...
I'm a newbie. I bought hens (2 RIR and 1 Barred Rock)to get started. A few days later they came down with cholera. I went bought some medicine at our local co-op. They got better. About a month later, I got 5 (Bantams) more hens. Its been about 2 1/2 weeks. One of the bantams has came down with...