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My New Girls (First Chickens) are just past 19 Weeks old, and are beginning to Lay - I look in the Morning when I let them out, around 0900 or so. I look around Ten or Eleven, still no eggs. Two girls just laid at almost Two PM! (Was each Girl's First Egg - Little Cute ones) What time is...

"Nope" I said - "You are all mature enough now at 19 Weeks". "Well!" said LH - "Then We Will Go On Strike!". "No Difference" I replied - "You are Not Getting out till You make Eggs!" "Our Business Agent Will Be Calling Your Management!" Warned One of the Girls in the Crowd, and the Others...

I am curious if anyone has seen a Raccoon attack on a Chicken in Free Range. Also, How fast can they Dig Under a Fence that is Buried at lower edge Two to Six Inches. Anybody witnessed any of these? Do I have Time from Chicken Alarms to Get dressed and grab the Gun, or do I need to BE THERE?

We have been so happy with our Eight Buffs - they are Pretty, and so quiet! Was just bragging to the Wife this Morning - "hardly even Know they are here - Great Neighbors, and just a Joy to have. No Crowing and Commotion like the Ones across the Valley. They are more than Three Quarters of a...

We have our First Flock of Eight - Just beginning to let them run the Yard. They Found the Detritus beneath the Wild Bird Feeder Today, before I could Shoo them away. Probably all Eight were feeding there. Am I pretty certain to get Wormy Chickens? This is in the Glorious NorthBest, and the...

I have been having Fun with My First Chickens - had to turn 60 to become a Chick Magnet! Anyway, I was out, Chicken Wrangling, watching over my Flock of Eight 10-week old Buff Orpingtons. One of them likes to get up in my Lap, and so I invited Her to come on up...she stretched her neck, and...

I have a One-Week-Old Buff Orpington Chick that is growing well, and exhibiting no other different behaviors than the other Seven, but seems to "Yawn" silently, or "Gag" pretty frequently, maybe every Thirty Seconds or so, episodically. Accompanied with the Open Beak, Chick Elevates Her Beak in...

It is stormy and rainy - I know it is too soon for my Week-Olds to go outside, and weather is not cooperating. But what weather is OK, and How Old to put them out on the grass? Buffs, if that makes any Difference. Next - Floorplan of Coop is 3 Feet By Six Feet, with Two "Outsticker" Nesting...