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Hey guys. You are my experts. I've been a chicken owner for five years. We have a small, family pet, flock and they live in a Eglu Cube. We previously had three Eglu Go houses and I kept one. Now my kids are begging for a pair of ducks for pets. The Eglu house is nice for them to sleep and I...

I purchased three Easter Eggers and they are all various shades. One is a grey, one is browns and one is this black and white. Only one has produced a small red comb. Pretty sure it's a roo. Could I be wrong? They are 5 weeks.

I'm at a loss as to what could possibly be keeping my girls from laying. Yes, they went through a molt and it seems that they have constantly been growing new feathers over nearly 8 months. They are alert, healthy looking, good weights. There are no signs of parasites. They have well ventilated...

Now that I have some time to think about my girls more I really want to change their feed. I've used Purina Layer Feed in the past but have been using this because it's sold locally at our only feed store. However, I just don't think, even with supplementing some regular fruit and veggies, that...

Okay guys, here's my story. My girls have are 18 months. I have six. Two might be molting as they have missing feathers. The other four look good. They are all eating, active, and obnoxious as ever. However, we aren't getting eggs. From the six we might get one a day. This has been going on for...

So, yesterday I noticed a crow watching the chickens. I figured they were safe as I don't think a crow will go after a chicken. Today, he's hopping all around foraging with them. If I go out, he flies off, but he comes right back. I locked them up for part of the day and he sat (on the ground)...

I have been stalking the forums and reading a lot of chicken articles but nothing seems to fit what is wrong with my Delaware. I have six backyard chickens, they have a 9'x12' secure run and free range part of every day. All of the girls are of a good weight, finished molting. However, my...

Okay, I thought I asked this but I've lost my post. Do any of you worm just to worm or do you wait for the symptoms. I'm wondering about a worming product that does not require us to stop eating the eggs? Is there one? My girls are in a small backyard flock so I'm not sure that they need to be...

We have six different breeds of chickens and though some are prettier than others my favorite girls is my RIR, Harriet. Harriet follows me around the yard and loves to be held. In fact, today she followed me out front, I didn't see her, and I just found her out there two hours later bawking...

So, I started by telling my husband I wanted to get two chickens. I purchased an Eglu Go. However, when I went to the chicken breeder I came home with three girls. Okay, not a huge coop, but the girls free ranged and all was well......until I went to the feed store and came home with three more...

My Barred Rock looked perfect from the top, but when I went to pick her up her whole underside is bald. I don't see anything but skin, but I never saw her molt up top. So, could this just be molting or should I treat her for parasites? I have DE in the run and she's eating, moving normally. My...

I know that each chicken owner feeds their flock a bit differently and I was hoping you might weigh in on whether you feed pellets, crumble or mash and why? I don't want to start a debate, but though I might glean some wisdom. Recently a local chicken farmer (who loves his girls as much as I...

I have three girls that are are 12 months old and three girls that are 7 months old. The older girls were each laying an egg a day during the warmer months and then dropped back to about every other day. One girl molted so that took her out of commission. Now, of the three younger girls I am...

So, my girls are all of laying age and older and they have a large walk in run. Sadly the tarp isn't doing the best job so much of the run sand has gotten wet. The coops are dry and I have several things the girls can get up on from gate sections to ladders and such. Or, if they were wanting...

I'm just venting because my younger set of girls are STILL not laying. They are 32 weeks, not molting and totally ready based on looks. Only one of the three is doing the squat (the RIR) so I thought for sure she would lay. Nope. Since they coop separately from the big girls (they free range...

I purchased a dog igloo style water bowl so that the girls would have a large supply of water on hand. Well, it's been weeks, maybe even a couple months and they still won't go near it. I've splashed some water and tried to show it to them. What else can I do? I really want to transition from a...

My older girls are still laying despite the colder weather and the less daylight. My JG is molting so she's stopped laying, which I am not surprised about, she looks hideous. Now my younger girls are 25 weeks and despite the right coloring and squatting they aren't laying. Is it possible they...

My JG is already 8 months and she is still just the size of the other chickens. She weighs more than my Delaware but less than my BR. Could she not really be a JG. I guess these things can happen although I got her from a breeder that was right about all my other girls. I find that my 18 week...

Did your Australorp lower their tail before laying? My girl is close to 18 weeks and it hasn't been hot. She is active and eating and has good coloring. However, she keeps her tail lowered. Poops are normal. Is this her laying sign? Just thought it might be a breed thing since my other girls...

Today we added sand to the walk in run after a neighbor offered us all we wanted for free. Hooray! You'd think I'd poured tar all over the ground because the girls were having none of it. I added pictures and the story to my blog... http://www.girlrural.com/2011/09/chickens-are-chicken.html