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Yukon, keep an eye on your layer chicks...within a week your meaties will WAY outweigh them, and I've lost several chicks to be squashed!

My hens are about 3 years old, none of them have been laying very well for probably the last 6 months, I thought it was just from the winter, but egg production has not improved and it's nearly June. I have also had 4 girls mysteriously die since December. They are fine when I check on them at...

Ok, my girls have their choice of recycled eggs shells every time we eat eggs-almost daily, and oyster shell free choice. But I still have one chicken that lays eggs with no shell. There is a full size egg, with membrane around it, but no shell. What is going on with her and how do I fix it?

I just barely got the light working in my coop this year. Egg production has already dropped off quite significantly. How long should it take before they start laying again? It's been about 5 days and still only getting 1 a day.

We do feed a layer food. They aren't "soft shell", just very thin and fragile. Half of them are 15 months, and the other half are around 10 months. They started out nice and thick, had to really hit them hard to crack them, now they will sometimes crack open if I hold them too tight while...

How do you get your chickens to eat oyster shell? If I leave it separate, they won't touch it, and if I mix it in with the food, they throw all the food out of the feeder so they can pick around it. I'm really tired of broken shells! Some of them are so thin and fragile, that they break in...

When my girls first started laying, we had eggs with very strong membranes around the yolks. In fact, if I wanted scrambled eggs I had to grab the yolk and break it with my hands because they wouldn't smash with a fork. Well the last month or so they are very weak. I can't flip a fried egg...

So I got all my chickens plucked - theres no feathers on them, but it seems like there is hair. Now I'm sure they are just some kind of really fine feather, but how the heck do I get them off?

I'm getting 25 chicks in 2 weeks, and am trying to figure out what to do for a brooder. How much space will they need, and can they all go in together, or should I separate the layers from the faster growing cornish x? I was thinking of using a childrens pool, but a friend of mine said he...

Check with your vet BEFORE surgery to find out exactly what he plans to do. Some "old school" docs will just remove the tissue instead of tacking it into place. This will create a major dry eye problem that will need to be medicated with drops for life.

At what age is it ok to move meat birds outside?

Would an ice cube tray work as a feeder for chicks?

I am going to order 25 chicks....12 layers and 13 meat. Do they eat the same food? How much food do they eat, and how expensive is it? Also, do you need to buy one of the "chick feeders" to put it in, or is there a plan floating around to make one myself?

Is there anyone in the Ogden, Utah area that would be interested in splitting an order to McMurray with me? I only want 12 birds, not the minimum 25.

Do the tractors have nests and roosts in them, or are they just like a run?

What exactly is the difference between a chicken coop and a chicken tractor, and which is better?

How many nest boxes do you need? Does each bird need their own, or do they share?

I live in Plain City, Ut. It is about 30 minutes north of Salt Lake. I've never had any chickens before, and I really know nothing about them. The reason I'm on this site is because about 3 months ago,I woke up in the middle of the night with the feeling that I really needed to get some...

Thanks for the advice everybody. I mostly just want eggs for my family, but I also would like to have some to share, and maybe sell, eventually. We live in a subdivision, but it is in a rural city, cows and horses and goats are all allowed, so I would think that there wouldn't be much in the...

I've decided to get some chickens, but I need a coop first....the problem I have is I don't know how big to make my coop until I know how many chickens I will be getting. Is it best to just start out small, and then increase later on, or should I just dive right in, and get several? Is it...