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I started out with 4, lost one to an impacted crop and 1 to a fox. That left me 2. Yesterday we had a ferocious thunderstorm come through while I was at work, and when I came home, I noticed that the fence to the chicken pen had been blown over (the wind actually broke one of the wooden posts)...

I only have 4 hens, two are Reds and two are some breed of black chickens. One of my blacks is quite large, I would say the others might be 8 or 10 pounds, but Betsy is I bet 13 or 14 pounds....(so say an extra 50% heavier than the other girls). Betsy tends to be slow, she will stay in one...

Betsy has been real lethargic lately. Thought she might be egg bound but couldn't figure it out for myself..so Off to the vet! Not egg bound, but a bound crop. Her crop is large and really sticks out. She makes these incredible gurgling or stomach gurgling noises sometimes. So ihave read...

Working on a new run. It's almost Dec here in New Hampshire, gonna get cold fast. Should I layout the new run on top of some unused lawn area, or the newly tilled garden area (I tilled in a ton of leaves, so no grass, just dirt and leaves). Not sure which one they would prefer more!!

My firend had a flock of 8 hens. He gives me 2 of them about 4 months ago. They have been doing great. Now he wants to give me 2 more of them....will it be mayhem? Will they sort of remember that they all lived together at one point??

It is pretty hot today and tomorrow. My backyard is pretty much wide open, and the pen is up against one of the few trees I have. What else can I do to make it a little more bearable for my ladies? Somewhere I read about putting water on the ground, not sure if they go in it to cool off or...

HI everyone! My very first post! I only have 2 chickens but they are great! The day before yesterday, when we were outside doing some work around their pen and coop, one of the chickens just popped an egg out in the pen, it immediately broke (weak shell??) and the other one ran over and ate...