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Thanks, Chris. I can divide the coop with some plastic covered wire mesh that I have. I can also use it to divide the yard. There is a window on one side of the coop that opens to one half of the chicken yard, and a door that will open from the other side of the coop to the other side of the...

I have a flock of 23 older hens (3 - 4 years old). I also have a flock of 23 younger hens + one rooster. The younger flock is in a large building with enough room for all 48 chickens. How do I merge the two flocks with out bloodshed? There is only the one rooster. I am not sure this...

I have been getting about one egg a week from my 25 old hens. Things are looking up. 3 eggs two days in a row!! When the days get a little longer it should get better, and they are weeding my garden.

My hens are about 4 years old now. I have a number of breeds: Black Australorp, Golden Sex-link, EE, Light Brahamas, Silver Lace Wyondott (sp?), and a blue somethng?? They were laying about 8 eggs a day. Then on Nov. 1st I moved them to their winter coop in my garden and they quit laying...

Just one egg yesterday from my 25 old ladies. I am looking forward to my 26 young ones getting old enough to lay. That won't happen till about March. Guess I am stuck buying eggs till spring. My young birds are Barred Rock, White Rock, Golden Lace Ws, and Buff Brahamas. What I am missing is...

Thanks, Mickey. I'll try that.

She has access to a large yard with lots of dirt and small stones. Should that be enough? None of my other chickens have ever had a problem like this.

I have a golden sex-link chicken about 2 years old that has a soft and spongy feeling crop. It is large, as if she has eaten well, but doesn't feel firm at all. She eats and drinks, but when I picked her up she vomited -- lots. What do you think the problem is? I have never had this happen...

I have some chickens that are 4 years old now. They started to slow down about a year ago, but still were laying some until the days got so short. We only have about 9 hours of daylight and lots of cloudy days here. I don't know how they will do when the days get longer. However, at their...

I have 26 three month old chicks in my large coop. Since the coop is about 12' x 20' I have not let the chicks outside yet. I was worried about the hawks that fly over regularly. Today I found raccoon footprints outside the coop window. Good thing my babies were locked up tight. We have...

26 old hens and only one egg today. I got to it while it was still warm and before that darn chicken ate it. I don't know if mice eat eggs, but I have a chicken that will eat her fill if she gets a chance.

Maybe that is why they are not laying -- no warm oatmeal dinner. All they get is cold pumpkin puree.

After a week without one single egg, today someone laid an egg. Unfortunately, I have an egg eater that got to it before I did. I tell you, 26 old hens and not a one of them earning her keep. It is a good thing I love my chickens. I have 26 more babies in the upper coop that should start...

This sounds like the same process I use to sprout alfalfa for the people in our house to eat. You are just doing it on a much bigger scale. Is this right? Do you know of anything I can plant in my chicken run that will grow outside over the winter? I have two locations for my chickens. They...

Mine are definately pets for me and for my grandchldren and great grandchildren. I have 26 hens that all come running when I go into their chicken yard or coop. I just bought another 20 that are about a month old. For the first time I have some bard rocks. I did not know they were such...

I found the new Washington thread. I haven't posted in a couple of years, but I have been enjoying my chickens. My flock was down to 26 chickens due to some raccoons (my neighbor was proud of how many reccoons came to his outside cat dish to eat) and some just aging out. I just got 20 more...

My sweet little Peeps started doing that, just before she started crowing.

We still have 11 eggs we took away from those 5 broody hens. They are in my makeshift incubator (planting tray, plastic lid, adjustable light and thermometer). Jenna was looking at them today and she says that three of them are makins tapping noises. Yes, justbugged, it is like you say. It...