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The biggest offender, and most aggressive, is the buff orpington, then the cochin, and a maran. They are just over 1 year old.

I have 5 laying hens. Three of them are in a constant broody rotation. I have had at least two brooding at the same time for the last week. One of them is on her 3rd round of broodiness in a few months. I separate the offender for a few days to break her, then another one goes right in the cage...

Hello! I have 1 year old hens that have had zero problems laying in their nests. I've had a heck of a time with one broody after another and after the last round of broody hen, my Americana stopped laying in the nest. She is now laying all her eggs under a shed on our property. So far, she's...

My maran has gone broody. She is about 6 months old and had only been laying about a month before she decided that she is ready to be a mommy. The sad thing for her is that we do not have a rooster, nor do we want to hatch chicks. She has been broody for about two weeks. From what I've read, the...

I found my less than 6 month old Rhode Island dead in the coop this morning. She was under the roost all stretched out with rigor mortis. I have no idea what happened to her. She was very healthy, happy and active. She was my favorite bird and I'm just heartbroken. I only had 6 chickens and the...

No, I got her as a 3-day-old chick. I have 6 chickens, all different breeds. It's been really fun!

This beauty started squatting for me yesterday at 18 weeks. I'm so anxiously awaiting her first egg!

Thank you, everyone! She was all white when she was a chick, but she's developed a lot of gray coloring. She is also kind of the boss. She chest-bumps the others to keep them in line. Her name is Sunny.

I think maybe Ameracauna but she is so different looking than any of my other chickens. I joke that she looks like a chicken-hawk hybrid.

My husband thinks sand will be too heavy on the floor of the coop. Our coop is elevated and has a pull-out tray. I think with sand, the need to pull out the tray would be nil. Seems like it would work great to me. Our coop is only 4x3 so I can't imagine it would be very heavy. Thoughts?

You might check with law enforcement on this one. I know you are allowed to shoot to defend your animals, property, etc but how threatened could he have been by a peacock?

Hi all, I am new to this forum and we have just finished building our run. We had the coop built and it came with these barrel lock latches and a slide hook latch on the egg box. Please tell me if I need to replace them with something more secure. I suspect a coon could get into those slide...