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OK - that makes sense - shifting each time you use some. I had tried an egg skelter (sits on the counter) but it didn't work well as eggs would crack and it didn't hold enough so we've gone back to using egg cartons in the fridge. It does make sense to always use from the same side - we had...

We have a small backyard flock of 7 that produces a good number of eggs for our family - enough to eat and share. This may seem like an odd question but even though we are pretty competent people, we seem to be having trouble keep track of the eggs so we eat the older ones first. It seems like...

I really appreciate the reply - I don't think she is molting though it may be a possibility. I've had several other hens molt but none have looked like this, and I don't see any feathers! Perhaps it is just an odd molt but it's been going on such a while. They all get a really good diet - pretty...

I have a year old Polish hen who is apparently plucking and eating her own feathers. I say eating because I don't see any laying around and that is one of the things I've read on here. I don't post this topic lightly as I've checked the following: diet of Layena, fruits & veggies, mealworms...

Not an expert by any means but my thought is that the existing hens tend to be the top ones and unless you brought in a really really dominant hen to put Beans in her place, you will run into the same trouble. I agree that Beans may do better in a bigger flock where she will have more room to...

Quote: LOL - I do think so. Mimi was the queen and now she is gone so chaos has ensued. The only one who wasn't getting attacked was our GLW who grew up with Violet, all the rest were getting the brunt of it. Hopefully it'll settle out in a few days. Luckily they are only cooped up at night...

No offense at all - everyone has different views on things. I think you are right - she's asserting herself - one of them needs to be the top hen and she wants to be it. Still some rustling going on but I think we are quiet for the night. Need to go round up my doofus Polish that roosts in the...

Here's ours in progress - we used to have a 'green roof' but the chickens tore it up so my husband was in progress with putting on cedar shake. The run underneath doesn't get used much - they free range in the back yard all day then hop up in the coop at night. Inside we keep pine shavings...

I thought about pulling her out of the coop til everyone got settled but we really don't have another place to put her unless we brought her in the house. She's not usually the first one in the coop - her sister always was. Tonight, she was up in it before dusk and 'defending her turf'. It's...

Has she lost feathers? Both of my EE's molted pretty young and didn't lay for a long time.

We have a run under our coop (about 4 x 20) but not one hen goes in there except to get some feed or water. They free range in the yard all day - we have a 6 foot privacy fence and a large tree line. They never leave the yard - even the one who flies 12 feet off the ground to roost in a tree...

We lost a hen recently and her sister is behaving in a really aggressive manner towards the other hens. She doesn't want to let them in the coop and is pecking at them. Feathers are flying. The hen we lost (she'd been battling an illness) was the top of the pecking order even while she was ill...

We have 7 hens and while one hasn't started yet (a Polish who is 8 months) the rest (3 girls from last year and 3 others from this year) all seem to lay between 9 and early to mid afternoon. 2 have laid this morning so far. We've got 2 EE's that just got over molting and they haven't started...

So incredibly cute - makes me want to get a silkie!

I agree that you should have at least 2 based on our experience. We had 4 from last year, then this year we ended up with a random assortment taken in from others. We got 2 from a school egg hatching project from a friend's daughter (she raised them for the first 2 weeks), 2 from another friend...

I'm not an expert, but my feeling is that as long as the run area is dry and not smelly - you should probably be fine. You may want to add some pine shavings and DE to help with that but if they are outside most of the time (and personally I'm amazed that you have any green vegetation in there!)...

From that angle, she looks a lot like our red sex-link, Gallifrey. Same color. She's a good layer, a large bird and very sweet.

Some people just don't 'get' it. Not knowing you or your brother - perhaps he's jealous of your pride in your chickens and your 'bragging' (which isn't really bragging - it's excitement - I did the same thing and I'm in my 40's) gave him something to get on you about which, if I remember...

Quote: We are kind of in the same position - I only have 4 laying and one just started back up after a molt. I've got 2 more finishing a molt and a Polish who hasn't started yet. When all 7 are laying is when I'm mostly concerned. One of our new layers (a Dominique) is really aggressive in the...

Just had to post this now - so my original post was on everyone using the right hand box. Today - guess where every single egg was? The left hand box. The box no one would use! what? Seriously?? We haven't put the lower boxes in yet - hopefully tomorrow but with this about face - I think they...