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Sometimes, even with extra light, production will temporarily stop with a sudden weather change. If you have the 14 hours of light in the coop, they'll start up again soon.

Do you have a lightbulb in your hen house? They need 14 hours of light a day to lay.

Twelve eggs a day with nineteen layers is really good production. They don't all lay every single day. Some will, but others will be taking a break or will be on an every-other-day schedule. I have nineteen girls and consider 9 eggs a day a good day!

Mine free range over three acres. They go a little bit onto the neighbor's property where it kind of blends into ours at the edge of a field, but no big deal. Here's a good trick. Go out every couple of hours all day and call them in and feed them a treat. Maybe slam the door when you do it...

You know what happens when you lick a metal pole in winter? yeah, your tongue freezes to it. What's happening, in my opinion, is your chickens' combs are getting wet, and then freezing to the waterers and feeders, and when they pull them away, they bleed. This happens every winter to my...

First, I think keeping roosters in listening distance of hens, but not letting them get together is probably causing a lot of internal tension! My rooster lives for his hens. Caring for them (and mounting them!) is the only thing on his mind, ever. I think your rooster would be happier being...

Fruit is all sugar! There is nothing there the chicken can use for laying. When I cut back on the fruit treats, production went way up...

thanks for the ideas... I'm thinking of walling off part of the run for her with some deer fencing that they can see each other through, then letting them mingle under supervision. I'm a little nervous doing this now, because it's getting cold and I feel like the chickens ought to be snuggling...

Anyone have any hints for integrating a new hen? I have a flock of 20 free-rangers and will be getting a new hen this week. I know I should isolate her, but at the same time, that will make it hard for her to get to know her new sisters. My chickens free-range -- should I let her free-range...

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