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My daughter got home late from track practice a few weeks ago and immediately went to let her five hens out for "play time". They quickly made a break for the back fence to scratch at the oak tree's fallen leaves and grab a quick dust bath under the lilies. Chef, the brown leghorn was nowhere to...

Today was traumatic but fortunately not sad. Our five 22 week old hens were roaming our 65'x75' back yard. They usually hang by the back fence where there is dirt for baths, a satsuma tree for snacking and some shade from oaks. The middle of the yard is just open grass. Just as I asked my...

So we have 5 hens, 2 BR, 11 weeks old and a odd trio of a BO, White Leghorn and brown leghorn, each 6 weeks old. None of them are of laying age and my husband knows this. He's thinking to Thanksgiving when MAYBE, the first eggs will be laid. Anyway, Clare, the 14 year old family chicken farmer...

We started with two barred rock and one RIR. At 6 weeks old we moved the trio out to their coop and run. The RIR turned out to be a rooster so sadly, he had to go. It was just the two big girls. In the meantime, we got a Buff Orpington, a brown leghorn and a white leghorn chick. They are now 6...

We got three chicks from someone who bought a batch of mixed layers online. We know one is white leghorn and the other is a buff orpington but the third is unknown. We think it might be brown leghorn. And if that's the case, we don't know if it's a roo or hen. Right now Chef is 5 weeks old. You...