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I have 4 khaki campbell ducks and 8 various breed hens. All stopped laying in August. They all appeared to have gone through molt at the same time. They are now pretty as can be but have not offered a single egg! I also have 12 chickens and 2 more ducks that are nearly 6 months old but aren't...

How often do ducks, particularly Khaki Campbells, molt? Mine barely got back to laying good after their last molt and here they are molting again!

Does anyone know the breeds of these chickens I picked up the other day? Pic #1- The rooster. Pic #2- Older hen that's been laying a while. Pic #3- These girls have been laying for about a month so I'm guessing they are less than a year old. Wasn't able to get a good pick of the one up on...

I have 6 hens that have been laying for about a month. I started saving their eggs for a teacher to hatch in her classroom. Does it matter how long a hen has been laying when it comes to incubating? Should we find fertile eggs from someone who's hens have been laying longer?

I got these 5 month old Khaki Campbells a week ago and absolutely LOVE them. I've been getting 3 eggs every morning. They all four look just alike and none of them have a curled tail so they all looked like females to me. But when they get in their pool one of them get's on the other's back and...

I have 2 buff orpingtons and 3 barred rocks who are all 25 weeks old, give or take a day or two depending on the chicken. I have yet to see an egg! I live in East Texas so they did their maturing during the hot summer. And I had coyotes rob me of 3 hens and 5 roosters just a few weeks ago. Could...

I have 8 hens that are almost 5 months old. None laying yet. I have 7 roosters that I am still trying to rid myself of before I am forced to throw 'em in the pot. I was going to keep the prettiest one but he has started latching on to the back of the neck of the other roosters and hens and...

My son's class hatched these April 2013 and we brought them home. Anybody know what breed they are?? I've been thinking Buff Orpington and Welsummer. But I make no claims as to knowing anything about chickens. But we are learning fast! It's hard to get a pic of these yellow boys that isn't...