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We sold our house in SEDONA and must find a home for our 6-hen flock. They are 4 years old, healthy, happy, and still laying (although not as often as they did in their youth). Free to good home - must be secure from predators and it must be understood that they will not be butchered for food...

Thanks for the info. Copied to AZ chickens thread. You would have to ask the new owners about the coop. If you're serious send me a message and I will give your contact info to them. The coop is pretty much a permanent structure, but I suppose it could be disassembled and moved.

We sold our house and must find a home for our 6-hen flock. They are 4 years old, healthy, happy, and still laying (although not as often as they did in their youth). Free to good home - must be secure from predators and it must be understood that they will not be butchered for food. They...

They are 2 years old. Temp is 95F during the day. The coop is 120 sq ft. They are fed chicken feed crumbles and scratch, supplemented periodically with watermelon, cantaloupe, and corn on the cob. They free range several days a week.

We have a flock of 7 hens. Recently, one (sex-link) has started attacking all the others by pecking at their feet, causing injury. Is this common? We pulled her out of the coop temporarily, but seeking advice.

Our Easter Egger is 2 years old. She was laying regularly until the molt 8 months ago, then nothing. She seems healthy, and I sometimes show her the barbecue in an attempt to motivate her. The other 7 in the flock (none Easter Eggers) resumed normal production after about 3 months. We don't...

Our Easter Egger is 2 years old. She was laying regularly until the molt 8 months ago, then nothing. She seems healthy, and I sometimes show her the barbecue in an attempt to motivate her. The other 7 in the flock (none Easter Eggers) resumed normal production after about 3 months. We don't...

Since this is an old thread, I started a new one with this question, and the answers agree with you. The EE is 2 years old, molt about 3 months ago, allowed to free range on a limited time basis part of the day some days. I don't know what signs to look for as far as production is concerned...

She's 2 years old.

Our Easter Egger was laying blue eggs. We have 8 chickens (1 Easter Egger) and we have had no blue eggs for 6 months. Is it possible that the Easter Egger is now laying brown eggs? We had a molt during that period.

Our Easter Egger was laying blue eggs. We have 8 chickens (1 Easter Egger) and we have had no blue eggs for 6 months. Is it possible that the Easter Egger is now laying brown eggs? We had a molt during that period.

I think we're going to let Red free-range outside the coop when we think Rocky is about to lay. Red doesn't eat anyone else's eggs. A picky gourmet, I guess. Or a vendetta.

I provide a wide range of food and believe that they will eat what they need. That's what animals in the wild do. Maybe I'm naive.

Thanks for your interest. This is really a challenge if we want to keep the whole flock. Tons of protein = lots of scraps including meat and eggs (not recognizable as such) about every other day No, of course scratch is not their primary feed. Layer feed crumbles is primary feed...

Thanks. They get oyster shells, scratch, and tons of protein - all scraps go to the chicks (the dogs are jealous). I don't think it's dietary issue. Rocky's eggs seem to be like all the others. This smells like a vendetta to me.

We have 8 chickens of assorted breeds. Our Rhode Island Red ("Red") always follows our Barred Rock ("Rocky") up to the coop at laying time and eats the egg. Only Red does this, and she only eats Rocky's eggs, none of the others. Rocky sometimes lays from the roost into the waste tray, and...

Thanks. Guess I'm too impatient....was wondering if I had inadvertently destroyed the life cycle.

I have a mealworm farm- started with about 2500 worms, but now I have lots of beetles, a few chrysli, and very few worms. Feeding the chickens beetles to keep the number down, but when should I start seeing worms again?