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I still haven't found a camera to put in the hen house and I almost convinced myself the missing egg problem is all in my head. Today however, I heard the perpetually half broody barred rock upset so I went out to see who was in the nesting box upsetting her. Sure enough, the old lady walked out...

I think the ghost theory isn't a bad one. All day today the egg has been moving around. It switched from one box to the other, then for a while wasn't in the boxes, but was back again (for a second time). I think my nesting box issue between the pullets and other girls, as well as my...

I considered it may be my middle age brain for a few minutes but no I'm completely sure the egg wasn't in the coop earlier. There isn't much straw in the nesting boxes right now since one of the chickens keep kicking it all out. This morning my husband and I looked everywhere in the coop for...

It just got a little stranger. My nonlaying barred rock (she quit laying a year ago even though she's only 2 yrs. old)was sitting on top of one of the white legghorn hens in the nesting box and when I went to shoo her away they both got up. Amazingly the green plastic egg, as well as the...

OK so I have been pretty sure we have an egg eater in our little flock of 4 for the past two weeks. I go out an hour or two after hearing one of my white legghorn's egg songs and there is no egg. A few days ago we found one broken shell at the other end of the run far from the nesting boxes but...

The EE were separate from the other till about 2 months ago. Even as chicks in the brooder the EE would become hysterical when we touched them and would never take treats from us. The two became very attached to each other but never bonded with us. The white leghorns are getting better and will...

We raised our first three hens from baby chicks and all grew to be friendly easy going girls. Sadly two were killed by a hawk over the winter so we bought two 4-month-old white leghorns and two easter egger newborn chicks. I assumed the leghorns would be skittish due to the breed and getting...

Thanks. I love her coloring and am glad there weren't any other problems with the order.

A few months ago I ordered two Easter Egger chicks from Dare 2 Dream Farms. There were some bumps and miscommunication with delivery so I'm a little uneasy. I know EE come in a variety of colors and I've heard occasionally without beards, but they both seem quite different from each other I'm...

I chose to try the worming med. because: She had already not laid for months / nothing else was working and she showed some recent signs that might have been worms. I was adding new birds that had been on the meds and if she did have worms I didn't want her to infect them It postponed the...

She's a Barred Rock. She sings her egg song around 3 times a day, between that and all her regular talking (she is very chatty) starting at 5 AM my husband is very unhappy with her. Since the Hawk we've had them in an enclosed run and she sit's in her nesting box like she's laying so I don't...

We bought 3 chicks last spring. All three matured and were laying for a few months, then we had a suspicion one had stopped or slowed down but could never figure out which it was since all appeared healthy . We lost two of the girls in the winter to a hawk when none were laying. So now it's May...

3-week old easter egger chicks and white leghorn point of lay came in today... if you're thinking those look like some pretty young 3-week old chicks you'd be right. Somehow the info that I really needed chicks from the previous hatching didn't get relayed to the person delivering and he grabbed...

The chicks will be about 3 to 4 weeks old, I figure I'll keep them in the garage till they are older and the others are settled in then introduce them the same way I do the white leghorns only putting them back in the garage at night. I don't really have another place to quarantine except the...

Laws have changed here in Long Beach and we're allowed to have more chickens. Between the old laws and an unfortunate hawk attack I've got one lone Barred Rock (lonely, not laying since she lost her friends). My two 4-month-old White Leghorn pullets are due to arrive in a few days along with 2...

great suggestion! I'm in Long Beach Ca. and I've added it to my profile.

I'd really prefer not to. I don't have the space /proper supplies heater etc. for young ones and with kitten season coming up my garage has a good chance of being used for cat rescue. I'd like to get companions out with the lonely girl as soon as possible. Ideally, I'd like to get some easter...

She's a Barred Rock about 1 1/2 years old and is definitely unhappy about being alone. I've sent emails to a few places to see if they've got anything other than newborn chicks, so far no luck. I did get an earful from one place when I asked if they had any coop ready pullets, telling me how...

I thought I signed up many many years ago but apparently I never actually did. Now that I think back, whenever I had a question I usually found the answer doing a search. Well anyways. I'm currently down to 1 lonely Barred Rock , thanks to a hawk. I'm getting ready to add 3 or 4 girls now that...

Egg production from my 2 1-year old chickens slowed down then finally pretty much quit around December. We didn't add any extra light in the roost and weren't worried knowing we'd get more eggs when the days got longer. Sadly about a month ago a red hawk killed one of the girls while they were...