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My RIR, Black Australorps, and Golden Comets are 19 weeks old and not ONE is laid an egg. I live in NC and its not that hot, but they have fresh water everyday and their habitat is clean and cool for them...WHATS WRONG?!?!

I have an assortment of chickens that I ordered from a hatchery, they are 7 weeks old aready. I have them in a pen outside that I have a light inside but they are starting to get pretty big. Is it ok if I move them to the chicken pen that I have 5 adult hens and a rooster in? or is that risky of...

was wondering if you could get the vaccine anywhere? Just hatched out some eggs and want to make sure that they dont contract this disease. I do keep there pin cleaned, fresh water EVERYDAY. Is there anything else? Or something you can give so they dont get this?

saw that someone put their eggs in a carton inside their incubator before hatching to help with the mess. I did this but wanted to know if it was ok?!

Candling my eggs today its been a week. two of them had spots when i put them up to the light. but I really think that a chick is inside the egg. But I looked up what the spots meant and it said bacterial contamination? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? does it mean that the hen laying this egg is sick or what?

Today when I went to feed the girls I notcied that one hen looked like she was missing some feathers on her back. I got closer and it was a bare spot. almost looked like dry skin mayb?! Dont know what it is. anyone ever seen this or know what it could be?

I have five hens all are Araucanas (suppose to be) and not one of them are sitting on their eggs. anyone know why they aren't? I was told that they were good setters.

so it aggrevates my mom that I am going to have to keep the baby chicks inside for a while in their brooder. well she is set on them not being in the house. what can i do?!?!?

My newrun of baby chicks are coming in 2 weeks. I wanted to see what people kept them in and what they did to try to get some ideas!! any help is appreciated!

Had some apples and wanted to know if chickens would like them?!

wishing for eggs really works. or is it because I told them they would be sundays luch next week hahahahah

Went out this morning and there was another beautiful GREEN EGG!!!!

that if i put like a golf ball in a nesting box a chicken is more likely to lay an egg?! is this true?!

today went out about 2:30 and this is what i found Can't really tell but its a light shade of green from one of my araucana hens

I got some new baby chicks coming pretty soon. Anyone have any advice for me to prepare them to come. This is my first time ordering from a hatchery. any kind of help would be awesome!!!

eggs soon? what are some signs that they may be ready to lay eggs...??

pullets that are not a day old. basically what i am asking can i order chickens from hatcheries that are more than just a day old?!

well i am only 20 years old and have started recently raising chickens. i keep reading on peoples post about "broody". what does this mean?! and is it a good thing?!

My araucanas hens are 7 months old, and still have not even began to lay eggs. I really don't understand why. If anyone has any suggestions or comments because I NEED HELP!!!! :o

ok. so I have 5 araucana hens and 3 roosters. I took out two of the roosters which left one of course. Well my hens are like 27 weeks old and still have not got any eggs from them. I do live in the mountains and it is getting cold but I was also told that they do lay even when it is cold. I left...