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I think I have one or more of my hens eating my eggs. I have 12 RIR's and am only getting about 6 a day and when I go to collect there is yolk on the sides of the nest. What should I do?

You all have probably known about this magazine for a while now, but I found MOTHER EARTH NEWS the other day at the feed store. It has really good articles in it about being a self sufficient home owner. I love it.

I would like to post a picture of how big the difference between my RIR's and White Bantams, but I can't figure out how to post a picture. Could anybody help?

Just a few minutes ago, I went out to give my ladies fresh water and I found an egg outside on the ground. Is this a discarded egg that I should throw away? Or is it just fine, she just couldn't make it to the toilet (so to speak)? Thanks.

Is it normal for my hens to poop in their nests, or am I doing something wrong with design? BTW I am a newbie at this.

I started out with 6 Rhode Island Red Hens, and today I got two Porcelain Bantams. One of the Bantams is a Rooster and is considerably smaller than the RIR's. The Rooster and the (what I guess to be) the Mother Hen were kicking each other until they went into the coop. The Bantams and RIR's...

I am very new to chicken keeping. Somebody told me to crush up their egg shells and mix it in their feed to give them calcium. Is this true?

Hello everybody, I was referred to this site from Survivalist Boards.com. I am a survival enthusiast/ prepper who wants to start keeping livestock along with my crop keeping. So far I have 8 chickens, 6 Rhode Island Red Hens and 2 Porcelain Bantams 1 Hen 1 Rooster. I am absolutely BRAND NEW...