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I may have a problem introducing darkness now in that it may result in some of the older birds motling. I think I'll reduce the light hours closer to Solstice. I have 13 hens and two roos. The other hens have all begun laying more with increasing daylight.They are all older than the Welsummers...

My 3 Welsummers were born in Late may 08, and started laying nice dark brown eggs in November. I have welsummer and Americauna roosters, and hoped to incubate some welsummer eggs this spring. But as of last week, I have seen no more welsummer eggs. The trio seem to be favored by the roos...

Hi everyone! My wife and I live near Nine Mile falls, just north of Spokane. We are actually on a plateau above the Spokane river on Four Mound prairie. We have seven acres, and small barn that used to house goats. It may again some day! We have been raising chickens for a little over two years...

She had been feeding on Layena commercial feed, plus some scraps from the kitchen like rice, spagetti, salad kind of things. I have never wormed by birds. What would be some symptoms of needing to? Ill check the forum here for some more info on worming.

My 26 month old Rhode Island red was dead yesterday. She had shown symptoms of lethargy for the past two days. Last week, the other bird her age, a Leghorn , showed the same odd symptoms. Tired , not real interested in eating scratch with the other chickens,. I was keeping a close eye on her...