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Hi! I have also been experiencing a problem with this as well. I have a two year old Barred Rock Hen, who was a prolific layer her first year, then this winter, she began laying soft shell eggs and from then on. I have noticed when I let her and the other hen out, there is some egg yolk and...

I also picked up some higher protein feed, and it helped my hens get through their molt. I also bought mealworms through Amazon.com, as I buy in bulk and save. They love their mealworms and "expect" them every morning. So yes to the above, as it helps them grow beautiful feathers.

I read your post about giving hens scrambled eggs and mealworms to help ease the molt. My girls get melworms everyday as their morning treat and are fed layer feed pellets. One is molting, and not laying. The other two are still laying, but I have noticedthat they are alo going ito a molt-as...

Hi Fellow Chicken lovers :-) I have decided to clip my hen's wings, as they are free range, and I have decided that my garden is not ment as an all you can eat buffet, not to mention my strawberry garden! So reluctantly, I am going to trim their wings today and they will be permantly in their...

Dear Flock Master Thank you for the info :) My girls have started laying daily. However with the shorter days and the weather starting to cool off (well for South Carolina we are cooling off) the egg production has been every other day. When I went to pick up feed for my girls, I asked one of...

Hi! I noticed my hen has a vertical crack in her beak. It does not seem to affect her. I feel better reading the post above. What would be the best glue to use when glueing the beak? I also read in a post that some people crop their birds beaks. Is that a necessity, kind of like trimming dog...

Thank you for the feedback :) I was thinking it could be a moult, but I thought hens had to be a year before they go through their first moult. I also thought I would have gotten some eggs from her, prior to a moult. I noticed some of her fluffy feathers coming out and some of her tail feathers...

Hi! I absolutely love our Barred Rock. I am originally from MI and my friends always had Barred Rocks (it gets cold up there). They are brown egg layers, cold resistant, lay an egg a day (per bird) and at least our gal, is a wonderful pet! She loves to be petted and handled. We also have a...

Hi! I am new to owning chickens and have three hens (all raised together as little ones). My Barred Rock has started laying eggs and my Aeracauna has not yet started laying nor has our Large Golden Brahma. I have noticed my Brahma starting to loose some feathers..here and there around the yard...