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Crud!! I was hoping for one hen out of the bunch. I won't be buying from local breeders anymore. When I bought them the feed store owner said she would give me pullets if they turned out to be roos. She just laughed when I told her. I have someone that wants them. They are beautiful. Hate to see...

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I rescued the WR girls from a horrible situation. They were all a year old and their living conditions were very bad. No roost, no cover and they all cramed into a laundry basket at night. The two that were killed died from being peck at the back of their necks. We witness this behavior during...

Thanks. I'll give them away before the later. Can't bring myself to kill them. I'm hoping they will come around.

I posted earlier that my WRocks killed two of their sisters. I hung heads of cabbage and the pecking stopped. We also increased the size of the run by five feet thinking they were crowded. Could this be why the WRocks hens have stopped laying? My two RIR hens have been laying everyday.We can't...

I have 2 RIR's and 3 of once was 5 WRock's. All hens. First hen last week and now another yesterday. Both were found very early am in a corner of the run pecked to death. I noticed both were showing signs of being pecked on the necks. Never could catch the attacker in the act. I read in the...

Thanks. I don't want to waste it.

I have peanut hay that I feed my horse on occasion. Can I feed this to my hens as a treat?

An old farmer told me once if a dog or cat goes after your chickens and kills it to tie the chicken around the dog/cats neck. They will never go after the chickens again. My son uses an air soft gun to run off my neighbors dogs. It doesn't wound them just stings. That has worked for us.

Call your DNR and ask them for help. This bird may have issues and needs to be caught and relocated if possible. Vultures will eat prey that is handy if they are starving. You can also use an airsoft gun UNLOADED to scare them away. If you have a barber or stylist, you can also ask for hair...

Thank you NTM, I'm going to try putting a lid on my wood boxes.

I have a couple of milk crates. I'll get hubs to cut one side for an opening. My boxes don't have a top. Could that be the problem?

My nest boxes are home made wood boxes and are 12x12x18. I am using coastal horse hay for bedding. The boxes are on the hen house floor. The hen house is 3 ft off the ground. My WRock hens a very heavy and I'm wondering if the boxes are not large enough. Has anyone every used shredded paper?

echocheapomom, You like myself need some advise on this. This forum is for people like you and I in need of help. Not sure why we haven't had more response.

Before they started laying I used golf balls for coaxing them into the boxes. The first hen to lay, layed hers in a box for several days. Know almost all my girls are laying and none of them are using the boxes just the coop floor. Should I place eggs that have just been layed into a box to...

I have 5 White Rock hens that I adopted. I was told they were a year old. They didn't lay for several months. They are finally starting to lay regularly and yes some at night. Like your birds they were not well cared for by their previous owner. It took me almost four months to regulate their...

Hooray! We got our first brown egg last Friday. Skipped Saturday. One egg a day so far. We thought we had a roo because the comb and waddles were so much larger than the other girls. Turns out he is a she because we took turns watching the coop and waited until she came out. All of the hens...

Ok. I researched as many hatcheries and websites that I could find that had true photos not illustrations and I'm 98 percent sure they are white rocks. Even though their ears are white they are way to large to be leghorns. I'll try to get some pics. In doing this research I never knew that there...

Not Giants. They have greyish legs, mine are yellow. Does a white EE get this big?

PromiseLand, Nothin skinny about these girls. Very round and heavy. Thanx