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Thanks. I will give them a bit more time to discover the eggs in the nest boxes. If the others start to lay in the boxes the problem may correct itself. I really hope those who have not started to lay eggs don't take to laying outside also. If worse comes to worse, I will block them inside the...

The nesting boxes are about 3 feet off the floor of the coop, and they climb up there on the ladder which they use often. The boxes are filled with pine shavings and dry straw on the floor. They actually climb up into the boxes and lay down in them. I put painted wooden eggs, very authentic...

My new chicks just began to lay their first eggs but are not laying eggs in their boxes, only on the ground outside. I put fake wooden eggs in a couple of the boxes to try to show them where to lay but they still lay outside. How can I get them to lay in the laying boxes?

I think I will try to put up some corrugated mini-roofs inside their chicken yard. I can try to plant some shrubs but this is not the right time to try that here in Oregon with winter coming. Maybe we can put some kind of wide netting up but the Madrone trees drop leaves like crazy and that...

So sad; I lost 2 hens yesterday to a Red Tail. We had finished a very large enclosed chicken yard this year (about 60 feet by 120), used no-climb fencing to keep the raccoons, coyotes, etc. out. The hens LOVED their yard and have happily been running, scratching, and playing for about 2...

They eat a Grange Co-op product called All-In-One and hen scratch that I mix together. They have separate dishes of grit and oyster shell, which I can't tell if they are eating or just spilling. They DO get table scraps of fruit and veggies (no meats) and they love spaghetti. I will try...

All my hens (16) seem to have started to have diarrhea. I was told to add one tablespoon of Cream of Tartar to a gallon of water. Is this an old wives tale or could it help? They are a little over 4 months old and not yet laying. Five RIR, eight Barred Rocks, and three Ameraucana (and one...

I am following this post since I have the same problem except my existing flock is 5 years old and includes a rooster. I don't know how to introduce them either. I currently have them side-by-side in a divided coop where they can see each other but not mingle. The babies are 8 weeks old now...

Thanks, I wouldn't mind a younger rooster. I have one already but he is pretty old and is a RIR. I can't tell if she/he is standing taller since he dwarfs all the others.

One of my 4 Ameraucana chickies bolted in size to almost 3 times as large as the other 3. Could this mean she is a roo? They are almost 4 weeks now but were all the same size when I got them 3 weeks ago.

Thanks, I put the 5 chicks in the "stage 2" brooder (2' x 4') and left the wounded girl and her buddy in the "baby brooder" (a 2' round wash tub). I think I left them in the small one too long. It is still too cold here in Oregon to put them outside. I also added some toys; a small plastic...

Three weeks ago I bought 4 Americaunas and 3 Barred Rocks baby chicks. Everything seemed to be going well until tonight when the Barred Rocks cornered one of the Americaunas (the largest and fastest growing chick) and pecked on her until she started to bleed. Fortunately, I check on the babies...