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I currently have 14 chickens: three that are five years old, four that are 18-months old, six that are about five months old and a rooster. Our older girls (orpington, easter egger, plymouth rock) were rock solid layers, laying all year and nearly every day. When they had their other three...

I have ten hens, five older and five younger. All and summer, all 10 laid in the nesting boxes. Then the older five stopped laying and now the younger hens are laying under the coops where we can't get to the eggs. The nesting boxes were a problem because two hens would get in at night and...

I have 13 chickens in total, five of which are 3.5 years old. Most of the 3.5 year olds have stopped laying, but are otherwise seemingly happy. I noticed one of my girls looking droopy about three days ago. She was always pretty lively, so it was pretty noticeable. Wasn't standing tall and...

I'll try to include a timeline, only because I wonder if any of these events contributed. I have 5 hens, all 2.5 years old (plymouth rock, rhode island, buff orpington, easter egger, black sexlink). I was usually getting 3 to 4 eggs per day. In spring, we added three new chicks to the flock...

I have a broody buff orpington (she's been on the nest 3 days). Eggs are not fertile (no rooster). She is taking up one of the nesting boxes, which is causing troubles for the remaining hens (they all tend to favor the nest she's in). She has switched sides (nest boxes) a couple of times, so...

One of my girls got into a scuffle with a rooster about 5-6 weeks ago. She broke her beak, which bled like crazy. Now, the top beak is quite a bit shorter than the bottom. I am trying to decide if I should trim the bottom, or leave well enough alone. 1 - she is SUPER flighty and clipping it...

I have five girls, about 22 weeks old. My black sexlink starting laying almost three weeks ago and with the exception of one day, has given us one egg per day. They are about the size of a store-bought "medium". A second chicken laid an egg last week and it was enormous (see picture.....the...

I think I agonized more over coop and run material than anything else chicken-related so far (except when one of my girls got injured). It seems every option is equally awesome and hazard-laden. Stats: live in eastern KS, we've had less rain than normal this year, but it's been blisteringly...

My ameracauna girl has had a rough go. She had a rooster that was super mean to her (kept her from eating), and she used to face the corner because of his abuse. He is gone (has been for a few weeks). This morning, she came out of the coop happy as a lark, but our other rooster jumped on...

I have seven, 10-week old birds. Each night as the sun goes down, three of them perch on the door to the coop. They are easy to get put in the coop. The other four sometimes are in the coop, sometimes on the ramp, but usually come running back out when they hear me come out the front door. I...

I am getting ready to switch the bedding in the coop from pine shavings to sand. I am horribly allergic to the pine, so sand seems like a better alternative in the coop. The coop is up off the ground 2 ft and very dry. I will also be using PDZ with the sand. The run (which isn't completed...

My flock is about 7 weeks old and currently living in their coop. The coop is very well ventilated, raised off the ground about 2 feet and under apple trees (shade all day). It is currently about 90 degrees in the coop and the humidity is high'ish (54%). They are panting, as I would expect...

I have two chicks, about 5 weeks old, with very prominent combs and growing wattles. See attached picture. The Rhode Island is aggressive too. If we open the coop, it will come right over, peck at us and even flew straight up and scratched my son yesterday. The Plymouth Rock with the...