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I have the same problem unfortunately - I have about 13 chickens that should be laying, but not only are they laying in the farthest corner of the back of the coop, I am pretty sure that they are not all laying regularly either. I have a glass egg in their egg boxes, but that doesn't seem to...

For those of you who have an arrangement with someone to save their cartons in exchange for eggs, what is your trade ratio? I was thinking 2 cartons/egg, but just wondering what others are doing. Thanks!

I feed my hens leftover venison roast - they love it and fight over it! I ditto the concerns about attracting predators though. Since they don't seem to be able to figure out how to pull a large piece apart and share it respectfully with each other, I usually throw little scraps out to them...

Just fed my hens two halves of an orange - they gobbled it up!

We live in western NY, so we always get snow but my hens are only a few months old, and this is their first experience with snow too. It took them some time to venture out once the ground was completely covered, but after a while they got the idea that to get water and some freedom they would...

welcome aboard!!!! I am having a huge chicken festival at my house Sunday-ALOT of BYC people are coming-selling birds we have a50/50 raffle massive prizes -teaching people how to process chickens--etc https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=353431 please feel free to come if...

I'm from Rochester! Nice to see some people from the area!

Hi everyone! I'm from Rochester and just starting out with a small flock - 3 Araucanas and 4 White Leg Horn/RIR mixes. Looking for others in this area with city chickens.

I always try to shut them in at night, but for the last week or so, two of the laying hens have positioned themselves heads-out, tails in right in the opening and REFUSE to move. If I try to use my hands to put them in, they peck at me! Anyone else had this problem? I tend to ascribe more...

I recently bought 4 19-week old RIR/WLH to start laying eggs while I wait for my 7-week old Easter Eggers to begin laying. The laying hens were definitely intimidating the little ones, chasing them around the run every once in a while and sometimes pecking at them but since they never broke the...