My first brood is from February of this year so I thought maybe it was too soon to molt. But maybe not. I don't see any signs of sickness except my one BSL has lost a couple tail feathers and her comb seems a bit dry. Maybe I'm over thinking it all. I was just concerned in the abrupt decrease in...
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Hello! Thanks again. NE Ohio. They stopped laying mid September, literally overnight when I transitioned the younger 5 to the coop. We did slow introductions, and I assumed the decrease was stress related. But we're 6 weeks out and at most we get 6 eggs a day, but often only 2 or...
Hello. Thanks for the response! We have a 2 acre property, some of it is wooded. I have searched to see if maybe they were laying in the woods, but have not found anything obvious. We free range them around dinner time for a couple hours so we can supervise. We have lots of hawks and one...
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This hubby and my second round of chickens. We had them prior to kiddos. Now that kiddos are older we've decided to add a flock to our family. We had 15 hens (mixed breed) and 1 rooster. We started with 9 hens and 1 rooster(Feb 2024). My son begged me for more chicks... on his...
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I am new to BYC. My husband and I had 8 chickens before children. It was pretty smooth sailing. We decided to do it again now that our oldest is 6. We have a flock of 16, mixed breeds. 15 hens and 1 rooster. We absolutely love to watch them and let our boys interact with...