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I have heard and read the science behind hens turning into roosters. I am wondering if one of my girls has decided to change teams. Up until a month ago I was getting 5 eggs daily but then it dropped to 4 and I noticed some changes to one. Can anyone help me decide if I have a hen...

This is a hen for sure These four photos are of the chicken in question. It carries its tail different and has longer feathers on its "ruff/mane" (don't know the official name) I am in the process of trying to "cull the herd" Out of my 8 hens I am only getting 4 eggs a day. I know 2...

I am leading a workshop on raising baby chicks for a mother/daughter gathering at our church on Saturday. I am looking for some kind of game that can be done to fill some of the time I have to fill. There will be about a dozen in the workshop. Any ideas?

I have 3-4 hens that are 2 & 3 years old so beyond the prime laying age. I am in the Buffalo, NY area. Is anyone interested in picking them up and giving them a new home?

We converted half of the old milk house attached to our barn into a chicken coop. It is very well ventilated with with one wall all wire and 3 windows as well as the small door to the outside run. On hot days we open up the outside door of the milk house to allow even more ventilation and...

We have 4 15 month old red mix hens that were giving us 3-4 eggs a day all winter long up until we introduced 6 new pullets to the flock in May. (they were introduced through a fence for several weeks before we put them all together) We put the new ones in at night and the next morning no...

About a month ago we put the new pullets in with the 4 laying hens that were faithfully giving us 4 eggs a day. Even though the hens and pullets were introduced through a wire fence for a month before we put them all together as soon as they were in the same coop with no wire between them the 4...

We have 4 one year old laying hens that have been giving us 4 eggs a day. This past week has been very hot (80's plus) and we also moved the new pullets in with 3 of the 4 older hens (and kept the mean, top of the pecking order hen separate since her hobby is to peck all the feathers off every...

We have 4 red mix hens that are one year old with one very dominate hen. We purchased 6 new chicks this Spring and kept them in a brooder set up in the basement until they had feathered out. They are now in a 4x8 pen with their own roost and feeding and water station inside of the larger pen...

After a little research we finally figured out that our 4 hens had either mites or lice. I read about using a drop of Dog Frontline under each wing to treat this problem. We did that along with deep cleaning their pen and spraying everything down with Sevin Spray. I thne put a very light...

We have four Red Mix hens. One of them has been lethargic and weak looking for about a month. At first I thought she was just getting picked on, or something minor that would blow over. But in the last few days, she's gotten worse. She just sits there and pecks somewhat at the scratch I throw...

Things have been going pretty well with our 4 hens until just recently. There is one that is being picked at by mainly only one of the others. She isn't allowed near the food and has been losing weight. They are in an 8x12 pen so have plenty of room and we always spread the scratch around so...

I was wondering if there is any danger in using the ashes from our corn/pellet stove under the straw bedding to help with the odor in the chicken pen. We burn a mixture of 1 to 3 pellets to corn and there are a lot of ashes. We also add oyster shell to the stove to prevent clinker from...

My son has 5 red mix pullets. They have just started laying in the last month or so. They are on layer pellets and occasional treats. They have indoor/outdoor access all day and are locked in at night. This morning there was one egg with blood on it and one listless chicken. Yesterday they...

My son has 5 red mix pullets. They have just started laying in the last month or so. They are on layer pellets and occasional treats. They have indoor/outdoor access all day and are locked in at night. This morning there was one egg with blood on it and one listless chicken. Yesterday they...