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My question is "are they broody, or are they done laying for life?", but here's the long-winded set-up: We've got two 2-yr-old Red Stars (we live in the city). They have been great layers -- layed through their first winter, last winter they moulted and slowed down for a bit. We were gone for 6...

Thank you so much, all! That was very helpful

I've heard about this... however, we don't have a rooster and neither do any of our neighbors, so unless she's making something up, I don't see how this could be happening. Thank you, though!

I have two Red Star chickens (a layer breed). One of my chickens is bigger, tougher, and a better layer than the other, in case this means anything. Today I was washing her feet when I noticed that she had a bare belly with a strip of feathers right down the center. The chickens eat plenty of...

Hello! We are having fun with our two Red Star hens that we got as chicks back in March. We've started with two because we live smack dab in the middle of the city (Des Moines). They've been laying since July. They love to eat, range around the garden, and seem to be happy, curious birds. Here...

Quote: Umm ... yes. They get up there from their branch/roost. Is that wrong? Should it be on the bottom?

Thanks Mahonri. Yep, I've got two fake eggs in the nesting box, but they are just laying on the floor of the coop. (They roosted in the nesting box for a night or two once they moved out there, but since then, they aren't going up there at all). *sigh* I suppose I need to keep them locked up...

Thanks for such a fast welcome :-) lovemychix, we may very well take you up on that next spring -- we are LOVING being a chicken family.

My Red Stars (I have 2 of them) are about 4 months old and have started laying (yay!). In fact, they started a little early. Ahuva (the bigger one) was laying on the floor of the coop for her first two weeks (the nesting box is right *there*, girlie!), then she took a day off (as chickens are...

Hi there! We live in the city, and my younger daughter really wanted a chicken as a pet. We figured since they were social creatures, we ought to have at least two, so we've got two young Red Stars, which have joined our menagerie of a dog, a cat, and a rabbit. I am having a blast with them --...