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I noticed one of my chickens sitting in the corner of the coop today. About 45 minutes later I went back out to check on her and there were two eggs in the corner where she had been sitting. One was very small (less than and inch diameter), dark brown and when cracked open it looked like a...

I just got 5 RIR layers from a friend of mine who is moving. A few of them are missing feathers/bald on the wings and back, above the tail. (These chickens came from a pen with close to 15 in it.) I noticed that one of the hens would peck at two of the others but it seemed to be only when they...

I am getting a few layers from my friend who is moving and can't take them with her. They are about a year old but they are just kept in a run right now and lay in the run in no particular place. I will have a run and coop with nest boxes. Will they continue to lay in the run or will they figure...

I have never raised chickens before but we have a small ranch and are wanting to get started with raising about 3-4 chickens. I live in Texas and it can get quite hot here in the summer. I am needing a breed that is heat tolerant and is ok with confinement. They will have a good size run but...