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I now have 220+ laying hens and am staying sold out of eggs (13 dozen per day). I am having people request chickens for meat and I have not ventured that direction. I have avenue for outside processor so I do not have to butcher. I have been getting somewhat of an education from friend who has...

Awesome advice. I am actually ordering them all together as 24 hour old chicks. So they will grow up together. I just wasn't sure of the temperament thing never having had Silkies. Thank you so much for the post.

I am branching out and adding new breeds in a new hen house. But I am wondering, I want to have some Silkies and I understand they are very docile. I have ordered wyandottes, Ameraucanas, Barred rocks, and Orpingtons. If I understand these breeds by what I have read, they are all fairly tame. I...

I got 12 from 16 hens (Araucanas and rhode islanders)....my Texas girls are not used to cold winters and we are having one. I have 80 new chickies in separate hen house, 9 weeks and growing like weeds (Red Stars and Araucanas)...eggs in April!!

I researched her symptoms on the internet and also a local feed store owner did some research for me. We started down the red mite trail because the lethargy matched the noted sx (symptoms). I had just rebuilt a roost 3 days before using some cedar from my wood pile and I had gotten some...

I'm so confused, just when I feel like I am doing the right thing then it seems wrong again. I started giving her Corid at the proper dilution rate on saturday. I can get between 40 and 60 cc in her before she refuses any more. She is fighting me more but still just cannot keep her eyes open. I...

Thank you Amybella...I am not to excited about the chemicals either. I am afraid for her sake though she needs to be wormed. I think I will do the vinegar in the hen yard waterers and watch for any other hens symptoms. thank you for your time and advice

I have Rhode Is red that has been acting sleepy (today) is day 3. I separated her on day 2 an have been getting some water in her. no other symptoms until this morning, today slight yellow diarrhea. lethargic but standing/sleeping. On my own have narrowed down to either red mites or Coccidiosis...

They look just like my Ameraucanas, do their legs have a greenish tent to them? Maybe the rooster was a Rhode Islander or just a brown egg layer and Mom was an Ameraucana. I'm merely guessing.

I can close off nesting boxes easily enough. Thank you Can I ask why they should not sleep in nesting boxes...I'm a rookie at this

Hello, my hens are 2 months and they crowd into the nesting boxes 5-6 at a time to sleep which is fine but they are pooping in the nesting boxes. Is this just their age? will they stop when they start laying eggs? Should I keep them from the nesting boxes and only let them have access to the...