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We average 5 eggs for 10 hens. Is that normal ?

My older hens are great. I spent a lot of time with him when they were younger chicks and so now I am able to handle them more. My new set of chicks I had no time. I barely held them. They won’t even let me come near them. Will they ever warm up to me ?

Do you keep a separate area for this? I made one and I feel they never use it. So I just sprinkle Wood Ash and DE in their coop and mix it in with their wood chips. They prefer making their own dust bath areas

So I read somewhere you shouldn’t have 2 more of each breed. Is their truth to this? Cause if so I out numbered my girls. I’ll have 4 barred rocks and 4 Americanas. and after that everyone is spilt in pairs.

What breed are these dark brown girls

I would love to free range full time but my chickens destroy my plants. They scratch and scratch until their roots are exposed and they die. So right now I let them out for the last hour of light to keep the damage to a minimum but it’s still maintenance for me to take care of what the...

It’s only obvious where I live that mice have to be in my coop. so I know by having their water and food out I’m just helping the mice. My fencing is 1/2 inch wide? Maybe 3/4 and then chicken wiring wrapped around the whole thing. Before you say you shouldn’t use chicken wiring this coop is...

First flock is 1.5 years old 2nd flock is 4 months old. I introduced them by fencing them off from older flock for 2 weeks. they pretty much hang out as separate flocks today I got( 2) new silkies. I wanted to see how they would do just tossing them in. So I did. And one of them the younger...

Hello all - I live In Oregon where it rains. A lot!! half my run is fully covered and the other half is Not. When it rains the uncovered part turns to complete yuck and mud.. It drains fine, but it’s Oregon. Lol I don’t like how my run is built because it’s hard to come up with idea on how to...

I thought she was a Silkie but when I look up pictures of silkies they don’t look like here. Maybe a different breed

Hello… So right now I have two separate Chicken runs, that can eventually be turned into one. I have my older chicks on one side and baby chicks on the other. They’ve been separated for over a week now I’m confused on when they can be together because of the whole needing to be on separate...

Hello So I recently got rid of my rooster. I want some baby chicks. My hens have their eggs still from him ( got rid of him today ) and one is broody and sitting on them. Can I let them hatch and stay in the Home with the other hens? Or do I have to take them out and put them in their own...

This is my first winter with chickens. They have a coop, and out door run We live In Oregon where it rains. A lot ! This last fall I noticed the coop was smelling what I think is Ammonia. It smells like straight cat pee. I took out all the shavings and replaced with new. I have been...

Ok, I’m a chicken. I’ll admit it. It started inside the coop where he blocked me from walking out of the coop. So I went all the way around the pin to attempt to walk around him, but he moved towards me and got closer. I didn’t see much of a threat because he was pecking at the ground ( later...

hello. I’m new to chickens. My flock is almost 7 months old. I’ve had my rooster since he was a baby. He was always loved on and picked up. When he was turned over into the large coop he no longer wanted to be held. These are his behivaor traits and i am Trying to figure out if he being...

Please help me. What’s going on with my roosters butt feathers. Some of them look like they are broken in half. He’s bleeding. I sadly don’t trust him so I don’t know how I can help him.