Since last October, my four, two-year old hens stopped laying.
History:
The "alpha" hen, who had actually turned into something of a rooster (her comb grew and she crowed and everything) had been sent down to the bottom of the pecking order by a younger chicken. Her comb shrunk back down and...
I'd been milling over getting chickens for a while, and finally did it back in July. They didn't lay until they were nine months old, but they're delightful little creatures and it's wonderful having them bop around in the yard (even if they eat my corn stalks).
I'm a small business owner who...
Hi guys,
I started my backyard flock with two young cochins. They started laying when they were about nine months old, and we were getting three eggs a day sometimes.
And then one of them went broody a month and a half ago. I have tried all the kind advice on this website. I pick her up and...