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12 for 15 but two are broody...not bad

My husband and I added chickens to our life last spring. We had very little idea of how addicting this would be. We currently have 15 hens from last year some that we hatched and others that we got as chicks. In that group is one nankin bantam that we call "Chi- chi." She is just a complete...

Okay. We have 15 laying hens and two of them are EEs. All of the hens are laying regularly but both EEs have not layed an egg in well over two weeks. I guess I will be patient as well and see what happens. They certainly look healthy and are eating and foraging just fine. Glad I saw your...

My husband found our chickens fighting over some mushrooms growing in the woods. Do chickens know the difference between the poisonous ones and the edible ones? Do we need to worry?

Yes, all our other chickens are standard size. There is more than one chicken picking on her so it was easier to remove her from the situation, however, I did worry about her losing any status she still had. She is roosting with them at night and does free range with them when we get home from...

We have 15 hens total and one is a beautiful(if I do say) nankin bantam. She was one of the queens of our first group of hens and then we added a younger group. As the younger group has grown they have begun to pick on her... plucking feathers off her back. We have taken to seperating her...

I am new at this but I would have to say she is an Easter Egger and I don't think she is that old....under a year.