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That's interesting, since I am not that far from Portland. What is CL?

My hens stopped laying during the winter and a friend of mine who has had chickens for 20 years said that I should be feeding them corn scratch to maintain laying during the winter. He said it is a "hot" food that they need in order to maintain egg laying through the winter. His hens are the...

Wow- I never thought this post would garner such a huge response. I could never process my hens, too attached to them. My only option would be to find a home for them with enough room that they didn't need to process them either, just could keep them as pets. However, we did get them for...

What do people do with their hens that have gotten so old that they are not laying at all? If you have a large flock, do you just keep them? I am hoping I will be able to find someone to take mine that like to keep chickens around even if they aren't laying anymore, since we have only room...

We can't really add any additional hens to our flock. We live on a city lot, and the tractor we have really can't accommodate more than 3 hens without being over crowded. We'd have to give up some of the hens we already have, and since we just have the three that we raised from chicks, we're...

they actually look incredibly healthy, which just makes it that much more of a ??? that they are not back laying again. Nice red combs, glossy feathers, running around all happy. Has anyone else tried the Cayenne pepper? My boss suggested give them corn scratch because it is a "hot" food and...

We have 3 hens that are between 21 months to 23 months in age. The first winter we had them they slowed down in egg production but still layer through the winter months, with no supplemental lighting. This time they stopped laying in November, and as of today (Feb 11) we have had no eggs. Two...

We were too scared by them to crack them open...well not really but we were kind of so amazed by them we did not want to crack them. I will though and see if there is a yolk. I was just worried that maybe our hen was sick, she had a bad patch about 8 months ago and so we are more worried about...

we have a year and a half year old Welsummer hen who has suddenly laid two eggs (about 2 weeks apart) that are about 1/4 the normal size of her regular eggs. Has anyone else had a hen do this? The eggs look like tiny little golf balls!

I have two 5 1/2 month old hens and one 8 month old hen, none of which are laying, but we have been putting straw in their nest boxes with fake eggs to entice them and all they do is kick the straw out of boxes on a daily basis. Is the some other material that would be better to use? Any...

do you like your wyndottes? We are thinking of getting a wyndotte hen, since our barred rock "hen" became a roo!

Our barred rock "hen" started crowing this week. Had much bigger comb and waddles, but we live in town and had to give him away. Very sad....but what a beautiful rooster!

That is one beautiful rooster! I have an Ameraucana hen (my second, when my first was killed) and I have found them to be the sweetest birds! Good luck with yours!

My three month old hen was killed by a raccoon last week, and I just got a replacement hen to put with the other surviving 2 hens. We have a small chicken tractor, with coop above and run below. I tried the trick of putting her in the coop part with them after dark, but when I opened the...

My chicks are 9 weeks old, and I have been just sprinkling grit on top of their food daily. Is this the right way to give grit? Should I be measuring it out, or putting it in a separate container from their food?

We are planning to put our three 6 week old chicks out in their chicken tractor this weekend for the first time. They are completely feathered out, and our temperatures here have been in the 50's at night, with day time temps ranging from 65-72 degrees. Is this okay? They are getting way too...

We are going to be putting our chicks out in the tractor this weekend, and I am at a loss as to what kind of feed and water system to put into the tractor. We currently have the standard small waterbottle with water tray attached and circular plastic feeder with holes in the top, but both get...

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We are going to be putting our chicks out in the tractor this weekend, and I am at a loss as to what kind of feed and water system to put into the tractor. We currently have the standard small waterbottle with water tray attached and circular plastic feeder with holes in the top, but both get...

Would it work to put a heat lamp in the top part of the tractor, or would it be too hard to regulate the temperature?