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I have names for some of my hens, but I call them all "My girls", except for my rooster who we named "Beaker", named after the Muppet who couldn't talk. Unfortunately Beaker talks a lot, and he's supposed to be a quiet breed, he's a Lavender Orpington.

Laying age for Orpingtons, can be up to 30 - 36 weeks, since they are a large breed. Road Island reds should be laying by now, but may be hiding them as others have said.

When my birds got hot when it was in the 90's, I threw ice down on the ground and laid a cold wet towel on top the ice. When the birds got hot, they would lay down on the towel to cool down. I also had a small fan blowing on them as well. It seemed to work great, their panting stopped almost...

First off I want to start off by saying, I'm so sorry things are bad this year in the Midwest. My family lives in Illinois and they tell me it rains almost everyday. Although mostly what's grown in the Midwest is corn, and I don't eat corn, and neither does my flock. I live in Oregon, and last...

So it is dual layer roof, the first layer is a frame covered by hardware cloth to protect from predators, the second layer, is the hinged roof made of plywood and metal roof panels. It is hinged on the outside, the board holding up the roof is removable, and the roof being held up is reasonably...

I built a roof on my coop that can be opened, as an alternative to having shade trees.

When I built my chicken, I faced a major problem. I have no trees on my 1 acre of land, so I had no natural shade for my chicken coop. Here in Oregon, our temperatures rise into the upper 90's in late August and early September, so I needed a solution to keep my coop cool in the hot summer...

That's very true, all animals are either mean or nice based on how they're treated and how they're raised. That being said, some chickens are inherently more calm and docile, and of my 8 breeds of chickens, my silver laced Wyandotte's are one of the calmer breeds.

Nicest breeds are the Barred rock, Silver laced Wyandotte, any of the variants of the Orpington. Aggressive breeds are Rhode Island Red, My Red Sex Link are pretty aggressive, and my Black Copper Maran sometimes antagonizes my other chickens.

Hi, I'm a first time chicken daddy, and I highly recommend "Scratch and peck grower feed". It's entirely organic, no corn or soy, and the birds absolutely love it. The company recommends it for chickens 8 - 20 weeks old. It's a bit pricey, but in my humble opinion well worth the higher price.

I'd like to breed my Red Star hen with Lavender Orpington Rooster. I'd name it a Lavender star. Hopefully I'd get a hen that lays like a Red Star, but has the beautiful feathers of Lavender Orpington.

My friends are having the same unfortunate problem, and after days and weeks of throwing down pine shavings they finally came up a solution. Pause for suspense! They are going put about 6 inches of gravel down, to allow the rain time to soak into the ground without making everything muddy. On...

I've been seriously thinking about making one, that would be awesome watching my girls swing on it.

Thank you, I try to make things as comfortable as I can, so they can really enjoy life.

I also have tree branch perch's in my coop as well. I first introduced my chick's to a tree branch perch in their brood box at 3 weeks old.

I cut some large branches from a downed tree and put them in my chicken run, and every single one of my 7 week old chick's are roosting and loving them.

My chickens are 7 weeks old and happy with life.

Most experts say, if you raise the males together from birth, aggression will not be an issue. I have 5 chukars in a brooder with a ring neck pheasant, and they are so sweet to each other. Mine are almost 2 weeks old, and they have begun to establish a pecking order.

I currently have 7 breeds of chickens (Lavender Orpington, Black laced Wyandotte, Barred rock, Easter egger, Isa brown, Dominant copper, and Red star), and they are each beautiful and distinct. They all work well together, with no fighting. Chickens aren't the only birds I have though, I also...

I have 11 chick's ranging in age from 6 - 7 weeks. They have been in the coop for almost 2 weeks. The first three days in the coop, I never let them out to the run. Day 4 I let them out, and now when the sun goes down, they put themselves to bed in their coop.