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Hi all, I'm considering getting a few chicks (hens) and have a couple of questions. 1) Would a Barred Plymouth Rock, an Australorp, and an Easter Egger be good coop-mates? 2) Would three hens that are raised from chick-age together be okay? or should I keep even numbers? Thank you for your...

Hi all, I'm curious as to what some of you do when you have chickens that are no longer laying but they've been fed like pets so the family doesn't want to eat them. As city-dwellers, we are limited in how many chickens we have, so keeping them throughout their lifespan means at some point no...

Hi all, I had mystery egg destruction that wasn't happening consistently so I got wooden eggs as suggested and it seemed to solve the issue, until a week or so ago when I saw another egg destroyed. Today I pulled an egg that had a really soft part of the shell (picture) and I'm thinking that's...

Hi all, I'm considering buying a coop from The Chicken Coop Company. While it would be wonderful for me to be able to build one from scratch, the reality is that I don't have the skills, tools, or otherwise, to do so. That said, I do want the best I am able to afford for my girls, so I'm...

Oh, crap. Apparently one of our hens laid an egg in the run. Weird, really. They were roaming free and then during that time they went back into their run and someone laid IN the run. Haven't seen that happen. Anyway, how it was noticed is because they were pecking at something and, closer...

Hi all! I'm new to the forum, as well as being new to having chickens. We adopted two, two-year old girls from a local family recently and I'm curious as to whether we're experiencing normal laying behavior. We got them about a week ago. Prior to that they (along with their 10 ft x 3 ft coop...