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So I have been battling (unsuccessfully for the most part) an egg eating problem. We have 6 hens in a relatively small coop (4x8'), with open access to a good sized fenced yard (30x60'). These birds are all 1 years old or more (a couple are 2 yo from a previous flock). They had been great layers...

I am putting together a few recent symptoms, and coming to the conclusion that I may have a predator problem. I was hoping that folks here could give me their thoughts. Here are the symptoms: 1. Over the last few weeks, I occasionally see one of the hens with some feather missing. One was near...

I am going to pick up 4 replacement hens today from a friend who is downsizing her flock. I have read about the "right" way to introduce new hens, but I think this situation is a bit different. Our existing flock is down to one hen, after a predator attack a few weeks ago. This one hens seems...

I have a ~4yr old hen with some strange conditions, possible more than one thing going on. I was hoping that someone here might have some pointers. She is a good sized hen and was second in the pecking order. About 3 weeks ago we had a predator get into the chicken pen, three hens were lost...

We've had this inherited flock for a bit over a year and a half, and this is the first predator loss. There is a small hen house (4x8') which sits in a old dog (30x80') run which has 6' tall chain link fence around it. We lock the door to the hen house each night. Up until today it has been...

We are fairly new to chickens. We inherited a flock of five 2 year old hens last summer. Last Sept-Oct they went into molt and stopped laying. Being newbies, we did not have any extra light nor did we switch to high protein feed at first, but those things were done. And the girls came back into...

I was wondering if there is any common wisdom regarding the color temp of the light one uses for increasing the daylight hours during the winter. Is a "daylight" light bulb better than a regular soft white bulb? Any color tints more effective? Also, for a small coop (4x8' floor), how many...

So i think I need to add some auxiliary light to the coop to extend daylight and boost egg laying. Had planned on using a simple shop type clip on light on a timer, with an LED bulb for now and perhaps a regular incandescent one in colder weather. However I have a few questions about doing...

This is a flock of 5 middle aged (2+ yr old) hens that I inherited from a neighbor who moved away in July. I had been taking care of them before they moved to my place, and they were laying 2-3 eggs per day. That slowed down quite a bit after the move but had recovered, and by August they were...

So I have my roughly 6'x4'x4' hi coop together and the flock of 5 hens has been using it for the last month or two. All seems well, except that in the rush to get it done in time for the arrival of the flock, I did not get to putting all the finishing touches on that I wanted. Mostly I skipped...

So my new to me flock of 5 hens seems to be acclimated to their new home. They have mostly resumed egg laying and recognize me and my wife when we come to the coop area. So I think they have gotten over the stress of moving a few weeks ago. There is a new problem, however which has come up...

I recently became the new owner of a flock of 5 mature hens. These were from a neighbor who is leaving the country. About 4 days ago the neighbor brought them over. They spent the next 18 hours or so locked in their new coop at my place to get them used to it. And then I started letting them...

Hi. We are fairly new to keeping chickens (helped "babysit" some other flocks now and then, but this is our first go at it at our place), and have some questions about the best run setup for our situation. We will be getting a flock of 5 layers in a couple days, from a neighbor who is moving...