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Thank you for posting this question. I would love to reintroduce my lab and my hens. My hens will be 2 in August, when they were about 8 months old, I let my yellow lab play in the yard, while I was out there and the chicks were free ranging. Within 2 minutes my lab had my silkie in her mouth...

What an amazing setup! Love the salad bar idea. Going to try that on a very small scale. Farmer Chicken 1 DH, 1 DS, 4 turtles, 1 dog, 4 fish, and 3 chickens all living happily in surburbia.

How weird. I had no idea. Erica -- Farmer Chicken 1 hubby, 1 son, 3 hens, 1 dog, 2 turtles, and 5 fish all living in surburbia

I didn't know that some silkies never lay. My silkie will be a year in August, and she has been laying for about 3 months now. Erica -- Farmer Chicken 1 hubby, 1 son, 3 hens, 1 dog, 2 turtles, and 5 fish all living in surburbia

Thank you for the advice. I don't think my issue is the padding in the box, there is a ton, but she does like to brush it away so that it is very little when she lays. I was able to get an unbroken egg from her today, only because I ran out at the right time. Could be the lack of calcium...

How weird! My hen is 8 months old. Today is the first day that her egg was fine and that is only because I ran out to the coop when I heard her making her egg laying noises. Yes on anyone who has an answer to this. All my hens are getting along as well, no fighting, but this new behavior is...

Help! My australorp is driving me crazy. For the past two weeks she has broken every egg that she has laid. (I am pretty sure it is her and not the other hens because their eggs are not touched.) All the breaks are at the end of the egg (the larger end) and all the breaks look like it has...

Thank you for all the warm welcomes! Looking forward to being able to contribute in the future. from a city gal, in CA, who should be living the country life 3 chickens, one turtle, one dog, three fish, a DH and a wonderful son.

Hi! We have had our chickens for 7 months and I am so in love with them. They have been a wonderful addition to our family. We have three chickens: one Easter Egger: Peep, one Silkie: King and one Australorp: Tuxedo. Our Australorp started laying about 3 weeks ago and yesterday, we just got...