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So my easter egger (little over a year old) has been laying eggs with a good amount of calcium deposits this spring. There has been no change in feed (use general purpose with no calcium) or available oyster shells. No signs of illness/stress. Other layers are doing fine. So maybe a defective...

Well thats good to hear. I will be trying to move the pullets into the coop this weekend. Hopefully no attacks happen.

I'm having issues intergrating my 13 week pullets (4 of them) into my flock (3 hens). I have been doing the look but no touch method for 3 weeks with supervised meets which had the normal pecking order stuff. Now the pullets are free ranging but still living in a temp coop. The older hens ignore...

Updated photos. 4 weeks.

Updated pictures. 4 weeks.

Im thinking pullet. The white bars are very light, undefinded. I think much more black then white.

Here are some pics at 3 weeks.

What do you think of the coloring on that silver? I'm leaning towards male.

Thank you. Thats what I was thinking. Are they both silver or is the second one golden?

So got my chicks at wilco feed in washington state. I picked welsummer (which i got), barred rock (which i got), SLW (unsure), delaware (def. didnt get). So need help on these two birds both 3 weeks old. First one I think is male, starting to see red in the comb. First bird Second bird

Thank you everyone! Looks like I was overthinking it. Haha. I will update photos as she grows.

I'm leaning towards male. At the two week mark. All one bird.

After some more research I think its a sicilian buttercup chick.

Another photo that might help.

The one in the middle suppose to be a delaware but I dont think so.

First there is plenty of proof that cooper's hawks will attack full grown chickens. There are many videos of it on youtube. Second, I know crows and bluejays are not predators of the hawk. But I have seen both relentlessly attack hawks until they leave. So this is what I mean that they help a...

Mine was a male cooper's hawk. No picture, he is long gone.

I live in the city so my advice does not apply to everyone. But the best bet is lock the chickens down until the hawk gives up. Also have a large crow and bluejay population that help me a ton.

Have a hawk chilling around that is not afraid of humans or my husky. Had my chickens out of the run in my backyard with a friend. All the squirrel were being loud so knew something was up. The hawk came over the tree and swooped down at us. Chickens are on lock down for the next few days. I...