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I have a Barred Rock roo and four hens, a Barred Rock, a Black sex-link, a Rhode Island Red, and a Buff Orpington. The Barred hen is smallish so I'm thinking about crossing. Any thoughts?

We're gonna check eggs later and see if there dead since it is day 25 under momma. Any advice on the swap?

We've had one Broodie sitting on our eggs (started with 6... now down to 3). We weren't able to candle until day 20... we were out of town and not prepared enough to have someone go candle for us. We did at Day 20 and two looked normal enough... but I don't know that we can tell that late...

We've got a bucket of hard white wheat berries that had some water get into them and smell a little funny now, thus, I won't be using them in breads for us. Is that something I can feed my ladies? There isn't any visible mold, but they do smell a little fermented and some of them have puffed a...

We had our second egg today, and when I brought it in, and began to brush it off with a towel VERY lightly, it just crushed really easily. I did know if that is normal, maybe since it was still warm (probably laid in the last half hour), the shell wasn't as hard? Or is it because they are...

We got our first hens saturday before last. They had not exposed to any artificial light and were not laying. I started light 7 days ago and bumped it up 30min a day and now am at 15 hours where I will keep it. Still no eggs. Has anyone else introduced artificial light to a new flock in the...