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I have 12 hens and 3 egg boxes. I am now getting about 9 eggs a day. The last few days I have gotten a couple of eggs that were layed in the floor of the coop. Is there anything I can do to break this habit. My boxes are about 20-22 inches wide. I was thinking of dividing one or more to get...

What is buff and barred. I keep seeing those terms used. Bantam is a small chicken, right? Is that a separate breed of a breed or can you have say half bantams and half normal size chicks come out of the same flock?

I keep a chicken scrap bowl in the kitchen and put all our scrap veggies and egg shells in it and feed it to our chickens every few days. I was wondering if they can eat coffee grinds. I haven't fed them any yet. I didn't know if I should or not. I heard someone say they use to feed there...

Just got 6 new hens. 2 of them are black like this one. What kind could this be. Should they lay good? The first 6 I got from him are all laying. I get 5-6 eggs a day now. The second pic are my first 6 hens and 2 roosters. I got them about 4 wks ago. This second 6 are 2-blacks, 1-black...

I have 10 hens and 2 roosters. I pick for eggs daily and then refrigerate them. Is it ok to eat fertilized eggs. I haven't noticed a visible difference in the eggs before cooking. Is this a problem, should I get rid of the roosters? They are all laying and I have seen the roosters mating...

I have 6 hens. I have 2 roosters. They are all together in the same coop and run. They seem to be getting along fine. Is this a potential problem? Also I am about to close in there coop and lock them in at night. I have a timer on their light. It goes off at 11pm and comes back on at 5am...

I think I have 6 hens and 2 roosters. Obviously the white one is a rooster but what kind? One of the darker red ones, I believe is a rooster. He is starting to get nubs were the spurs are going to be. What kind are the 4 light red hens? What kind are the 2 dark red chickens? What kind of...

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