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I don't have a rooster and I pull eggs everyday. her breast feathers do feel thinner. Coach723, you described Liily to a tee! Thanks guys! I have an old wire dog crate i'll try to break her in. good stuff. I feel better about our baby

That's what I was hoping. I wasn't 100% sure though. I just didn't want to open the coop one day and find a dead chicken.

I have a one year old Buff Orpington that has been in the laying box for about five days. She has laid in these past five days. when I pull her off and put her in the yard she'll scratch around but when the others come around she puffs up and gets defensive. She will not go to roost. She is...

I have two Barnes that will be one year old next week. One laid for about three weeks last fall and just up and quit. The other has never dropped a single egg. My Brahma and Orpington are laying almost everyday. Is there something wrong with my twins or am I being impatient?

Nice Drake woodie. The other is most likely a hen woodie. It's that time of year where they start bunching up in groups. I usually have a couple hundred of them behind my house.

Thanks so much for the advice. I'll check out the link and hope you guys have a good summer.

That's some great info. They absolutely love sunflower seeds, so I'm on the way to get a bag now. She started laying about two months ago, some huge brown, delicious eggs, but for the past few weeks she hasn't laid any. I just thought it was hormones kicking in because they aren't supposed to be...

I have not. We are first time chicken owners and all four of mine are 8 months old. Any advice is welcomed

That's a relief. I thought molt too with the pin feathers coming out like that. I just wanted to be proactive and take care of whatever might have been wrong. Thanks Teila

Her neck feathers are thin. Is she molting or is there something wrong?

Does anyone have pics of a 10 week old Barnevelder? I have two that I still can't identify and that's what I'm leaning towards. I'll post pics of mine when I can. Thanks

So, I let my chicks out this morning and around 11am they just decided to stay in the coop. Popped the roof open and checked on them and they were all huddled up in a corner looking all scared. It took me a minute to figure it out....hawks...I now have a pesky family of three hawks.

Katu is getting so big and her feathers are coming in very nice

Since mine have been out in the run on a regular basis they've gotten a bigger variety of food. Beeltes,grass,ants, whatever they can scratch up. They got halved grapes last week and went bonkers over them. Like you said, if dirt is ok with momma hen then it's ok with me. Thanks!

Better to be safe than sorry. To TSC we go.....again. haha.

So they need something bigger than sand, and crushed sea shells won't do?

So, I shouldn't be worried about it yet? They are only a month old.

Just wondering if sea shells would be the same as oyster shell.I'm at the beach now and just thinking of ways to save an extra buck. Or will the sand they get from my yard be enough for them. They don't seem to have a problem now with mealworms, grass, and birdseed.

Finally got the run closed in project 100%complete and the chicks love it