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This is my second batch of chicks, started on this journey last spring, and this article added to my knowledge greatly! Thanks, I'm going to let the girls out on a sheet in the living room today to see what happens!

Thank you everyone, after reading your comments I decided against the "new" hens. I might get a couple of chicks this season instead. Thank goodness for Backyard Chickens!

I am adding 6 new chickens to my existing flock of 5. The new hens are 3 years old, my flock is 1 y/o. Do I still need to crate/separate the new hens?

I have cds, a scarecrow we call hawkeye and now owls. The girls were let out for the firs time since Monday today, hoping for the best

I have 5 now, and their she shed is good sized. We can fashion a run for them, it's pretty cold here now and they might just prefer the warmth of the shed. I did order some owl decoys, hoping they will help.

Last Friday I couldn't find my Ameracauna, Sansa. The previous day my neighbor saw both 'caunas on the wrong side of the fence and put them back in, so I thought she'd jumped again and that she'd come home. Well...not so lucky. My boxer, Grace, found her at the back fence. It looked like...

Thank you! I love them!

20180930_111711 by wenwar posted Oct 4, 2018 at 11:15 AM Love, love, love my white Leghorns!!!

Thanks so much for taking the time to observe and share with me! I'm a newbie and don't have the time I'd like to have to watch my brood.

Would it help if I made the nesting box deeper?

This is a very helpful article. I think I'll let the "girls" rest during the winter!

around the nesting box?

Denaris is still moving her egg, today it fell from the nesting box and broke. Any suggestions on keeping her and her egg in the nest would be appreciated.

I think I got all of them!

Most of the brood

She's such a ham!

The Leghorns, Buttercup and Denaris

Arya and Buttercup

The Reds, Big Red and Roseanne