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Thank you all for the comments. I will admit I am too much a novice to know for sure if it's pecking order or bullying...though to be honest I am leaning toward bullying. She attacks for seemingly no good reason...like she is looking for a fight. The buff has had to take her on a couple times...

Would love to have you weigh in on this...I have 4 hens. One 2.5 year old buff orpington who is a total sweetheart, one black sex link that is 1.5 yr old and my best layer, one 6 month old barred rock and one 6 month old rhode island red. One of the two youngers is laying pullet eggs daily as...

I wouldn't even know how! Lol, but I'm open to it...where would my little man need to go?

Hatched 5/13/14 Barred Rock Mix Free to a good home :-)

She is still not laying but I did check her for parasites. Her skin and feathers are beautiful and clean. We gave her a bath as that was suggested if she was egg bound. She enjoyed the bath and I checked her vent...it is clean and I did not feel anything hard inside to suggest egg binding...

Thank you!

Our year old black sex link hen stopped laying 4 days ago and now her poops look like this. She has consistently laid everyday since last fall so we are quite concerned. We fortified their run and coop so we thought it was due to the stress of the remodel....but I don't want to miss something if...

We got them from a feed mill that sold us the eggs to incubate in our classroom. I can say with almost 100% certainty that they area mix. This is our second year getting chicks this way and last year we took home a barred rock rooster and black sex link hen...these little ones are from that...

Anyone want to take a stab at what breed and sex these little chicks are? There are 3 chicks that we have. The third and fourth pictures are the same chick just different angles.

Quick question for all you BYC-ers in southeast Wisconsin. How cold is too cold for my two hens? They sleep in our unheated garage at night. I'm thinking of hanging a thermometer in there and can run a space heater or heat lamp. Help!

Keep us posted on how this works for you. We have a ton of leaves and it would be nice to use them.

Anyone willing to weigh in on my situation? I too am concerned about winter for our small flock of two hens. I live in southeastern Wisconsin. These are pictures of our setup which includes a chicken wire covered old swing set (the run) and converted dog house that is double walled with some...

I'm happy to say all is well for our hens. They are laying nicely and sharing a nesting box. Thanks to anyone who considered posting.

Hi all- I am starting to feel guilty that I only come here to get my questions answered and never offer any solutions. That said, our baby girl, Penguin is starting to lay. She is a black sex link about 20 weeks old. She is laying a deflated shell (light beige) and just the white of the...

Thanks!

You use this in your hen house and run, but not in your nesting boxes correct? Straw for the nesting boxes?

I too love this forum...even though this thread is several years old it has help tremendously. We have our first broody hen...I suspected it, but now reading this thread I can confirm it. We don't have any fertile eggs, just two hens so I will look into our next steps. Thanks everyone!

Jack...I am now officially scared out of my mind for these poor girls. Kidding. I appreciate the advice. I am sure our run is not totally secure. We need to take this to the next level if we are going to keep them safe. As of now the run is covered in chicken wire not hardware cloth (the...

Ideally yes...but we are not comfortable having them outdoors at night in any structure. Lost chickens to the neighborhood fox last year. Our kids were devastated. We assumed it was our fault because we didn't build the "right kind", however our more farm worthy suburban neighbors built a...

Hi- This is our first year trying to winter our small flock of two hens. We live in southeastern wisconsin. Currently we house them in a dog crate (2'x3') in our garage at night to ward off predators. Then each morning we take them outside to our run where they have more space to hang out...