We've had chickens for a little over a year. We live in a small downtown area. Yesterday, somebody asked me if one of chickens had escaped. None of them had. There was chicken running loose in the neighborhood. She had spent a couple of days around the CVS pharmacy before another neighbor with...
I recently decided to enclose part of our run to make the coop space larger. A friend suggested I wrap it in plastic, which would serve as a nice wind breaker. We live in NC on the coast and don't have to worry about the temp getting much lower than about 29F, and usually stays above freezing...
I lost a hen (Chicken Joe) this morning and was hoping to see if anyone had any thoughts as to what might have done her in.
Hatched Feb. 2013. Started laying in June. Smallish, but a good eater. Second from the bottom on the packing order, we had 9 hens. 5 Aracauna mixes all born in February. 4...
If hens stop laying due to a stress event, when will they start back up?
A little background: We have five four-month-old pullets (mixed easter-eggers). Someone was giving away 4 two-year-old Dominiques and we decided to take them on. They had been kept with a rooster, but we couldn't take the...
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About the hens:
This is our first time to have chickens we picked up our birds on Wednesday (4/10/13).
We have five hens...