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Hey all, I need a little help. I have a small flock of 15 laying hens. On average I get 13 eggs a day. Earlier this year, I added 8 new hens, and 6 pearl guineas. The new group are all about 3.5 months old. The problem is, during the day, while the other hens are out scratching around the yard...

Sounds like you get extra large eggs for breakfast!

I re-tilled 2 rows of corn, where my chickens had gone in and ate almost all of it down to the ground! I guess next time I do corn, I'll put something around it.

Pent has a good point here. I keep a beagle with my birds. It's strange, she loves to chase rabbits, but could care less about the chickens. I've been keeping them that way for almost 2 years, and I have only lost 1 bird in that time, and it was a very small chick that had got left behind, and...

Here's a few of my latest additions. But they didn't come in the mail :)

The strange thing is that he lets you pick him up. I would think that if he saw you as a threat, he wouldn't allow you to touch him. Maybe he's just trying to get you to fall in line? Your discription sounds like what I see roos do when they have a girl that's some place they don't want them...

Keep them inside the coop for a week or 2. Keep the door closed, but the windows open to allow air to circulate. Feed them some good crumbles & scratch inside the coop. This will help them learn where home is. Then when it's time to go outside, they'll no where to go when it's time to roots...