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Help my Barred Rock has only been laying for a short time and today I found a nest outside of the coop where she's been stashing her lot. I found 16 in all and brought them in the house. Other hens are laying in the boxes so I'm not sure why she's laying in the tall grass. I tested the eggs in a...

My husband recently completed my coop which is 10ft wide by 6ft long and 8ft high. We have a roost that runs 4ft along one wall, he built 4 nesting boxes along the south wall but directly on the floor, and 4 more along the west wall with 4 more built directly on top of them that are not closed...

I'm still collecting them every night, or at least my son is. I've seen the leader of the group of them go up the ramp now and just thru the opening but she won't go in and get settled. I don't know if it's because of the Rocks that are already in for the night or some other reason but she and...

We have a similar problem with our flock, the Rocks will all hustle in before dusk but our 4 Silkies refuse to not only venture up the ramp but down it either. We are going to try making it longer this week as well as installing the treads rather than just using the boards that we used on the...

My Barred Pylmouth rocks all have black scales on their legs, however they are not raised and unhealthy looking. I'm wondering if anyone out there with this breed knows if this is normal or not. Also some of them have black on their beaks as well I don't want to treat them if nothing is wrong as...