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Hello All! I have a year old Brahma hen who just started laying, (I got her late in the season last year). She will go in the coop and hop in the nest box for awhile, but then hops out, goes into the run and lays her egg. I have 3 hens total, two Wyandottes who are besties, and even though I...

My girl Lemon lays her eggs while standing, I do not know if all hens do this or if this is just Lemon's way. I have bedding in the boxes, Timothy grass (straw like grasses) and shavings, I check and clean the coop daily. The girls get in the nest boxes and scratch around and end up pushing...

I have 3 hens, 2 are Wyandottes that are about 6 months old. One of the hens, "Hazel has been in and out of the nest box for about 3-4 days now for different intervals of time. Sometime for 30 mins and sometimes shorter, I know she is getting ready to lay, she has been squatting for about 2...

I was out doing chores this morning and one of my "hens" attempted to crow... I don't know why I didn't notice it sooner, because the tail is obviously different. I think it's kinda like not noticing how big your own kids are getting since you see them every day. Before I break my hubby's...

Hi All, I have 2 Wyandotte girls, they are about 4 months old now, and I have 2 younger Brahma pullets (5-6 weeks old). When the Wyandottes were chicks, they would dust bathe all the time in their brooder pen, but now I never see them even attempt to. I have clayish soil that is fairly...

My hubby and I picked up two more girls (I hope). They need names! I have two other girls, one is a silver laced Wyandotte named Lemon, and a Black laced named Hazel. Help me name them please!!!! If I let the hubby name them they will be named "Buff" and "Stripes"

Hi all, My niece works as a teacher, one of the 1st grade teachers at her school incubated and hatched eggs in class. She had a great hatch rate, only one didn't make it. I did not see the hatch and have no knowledge of how the chick I am asking about did. The one I am writing about was...

I have a newbie question for all of you chicken veterans. I have two Wyandotte girls, they are about 9 weeks now. Hazel the black laced seems to try and imitate the noises that I make at them in the morning when cleaning and feeding them, or whenever I chat with the girls. When I want to get...

Hi all, I'm a newbie. These are my first chicks, they are 7-8 weeks now (I sorta lost track of time while building the coop). Two pullets, both wyandottes, I've had them since they were 3 days old. Coop is finally built and the girls moved in this past weekend. Starting on the first night...

I have 2 girls I purchased from a local feed store, of course I purchased them before I built the coop. Having them in my extra bedroom for 6 weeks was a wonderful motivator to get the coop done. I spent oodles and oodles of hours looking here on the forums, at pre-made, and custom coop...

This is a hatchery Golden Laced Wyandotte: I think its a roo but I would feel better if I had some more experienced opinions. I can take different pictures if that would be helpful. They are roughly 6 weeks old. I am positive the other two I have are females, but I am afraid this little one...

I purchased 3 pullets (I hope from our feed store) She had just ordered a really big batch. There were at least 10 different breeds on the order list. I have been looking and reading about chickens, hens, types and their personality. They could be Speckled Sussex (which is what I wanted)...

Hi all, I have been spending oodles of time on the forums and site and have found wonderful and helpful information. I have read about breeds, and have a quick question about the size of my (barely) flock to be. I plan on getting my chicks locally and was thinking of starting with just 2...

Hi all! We live in the central coastal Calif area, and are looking at getting a couple chicks for our backyard. I have been lurking around the forums for a bit now, trying to plan a coop and pen. I love all of the threads on different breeds too. Very helpful! Thanks for reading! Mia