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I feel a time line is important here. About 8 weeks ago a predator took 9 of my birds, in the day time, while they were happily free range grazing and I was scrubbing out the coop. We closed the remaining 4 up in the coop. Two weeks later my Orpington decided to go broody. Perfect timing. I...

Any thoughts why she would be doing this? They normally stay within about 200 feet of the coop but she is not staying near the flock and wandering far away. She comes when I call her, doesn't have any injuries, her eyes are clear and is eating well. She is about 4 years old so this is very odd...

Our 2 week old chicks are doing great in the coop with the big girls and "broody" has turned into a fabulous mama! My distant neighbour has silkie chicks the same age as my Chantecler...will she notice if I add some fluffy ones in at night? Any thoughts are appreciated. :D

One of my 5 chickens lays a thin shelled egg every time. It's pale and often breaks when collected. They are are all 1-2.5 years old and have the same organic diet of feed supplemented with leafy greens, vegetable peelings and crushed egg shell. Thoughts?

I have 5 hens. Two are buff chantecler. I got those two about 9 months ago and they were 2 years at that time and in full moult. Today, one of those girls started acting strangely and none of my 5 ladies has produced a single egg! She isn't laying but is resistant to leave the laying box and if...

I had six birds raised from chicks since May. They were happily free ranging during the day and locked in the coop at night. One day three went on an "adventure". I don't know what nabbed them mid day but it was very sad. We are closing in on October and I worry that three birds in the coop...

We are raising chicks for the first time. They are 3 weeks old now. (We have adopted full grown geriatrics before but they are no longer with us) We got 2 rir, 2 bpr, 2 crx. All female. My three year old named the crx Madeline and Daisy. Daisy seems much heftier and about 1/4 larger than her...