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Little background, I have 3 hens just turned 4. They molted the fall but then never really picked back up all winter even with supplemented light. But, in the Spring they took off! 2-3 eggs a day. Within the last 2 weeks the temps here in KC have gotten to be more like summer and the girls...

Pippy needs a new home. He was suppose to be a she, but has grown up to be a beautiful rooster. We just have a small backyard flock for the eggs so are not interested in keeping a rooster. Also, although it is a small, pathetic crow, he does crow in the morning. He is a Bantam Cochin, so smaller...

Petunia is a 8 mo old Easter Egger and not 1 egg has she laid! Do they take longer to start? Other chickens I got at same time of different breed are laying. She was born in April so had all summer and fall, and I supplement light for the winter as the days are rather short right now here--my...

This is my Bantam Cochin. I will refer to her as a "she" until the mystery is solved. I bought "her" at about 3 months of age. Sweetest thing ever. She is about 8 months old now and has started crowing at 7:30am for about 5 mins almost daily. I'm not real familiar with this chicken so...

I have 3 chickens just over 3 months old and we build what we thought was a perfect little coop for them modeled off many of the coops on here. So all three of the chickens sleep and mess in their nest box at night instead of using their 3 roosting poles at various heights. They are not laying...

I got these 3 at Orchelins, all 3 are suppose to be pullets. The brown one is an "Arucana" so that means Easter Egger, then there is the BPR, and the yellow one is a mystery, she was in the "mixed rainbow layer" pin. She was yellow, but looked like soot was blown on her in some places--almost...

We have 3 chicks, A Barred Rock, an Easter Egger, and a "mutt". They are 2 weeks old. I hold them all a couple times a day in hopes to make them into friendly pets. Well, the Easter Egger, Petunia, has gotton more and more against being held. She flys around the brooder, acting all crazy...

Our babies are 2 weeks old, so we have to get started on our coop! Couple of questions.....coop will have attached run, do we need to put something down on top of grass? My husbands concern is they will kill all the grass, then it will just be a muddy mess everytime it rains. Will grass...

So earlier this week I posted that one of my 3 chicks that I got last Thursday passed away. So the feed store got a new batch of chicks in today and I went to get one. I had originally got 2 EE, and 1 barred rock. My little yellow EE is the one that died. They didn't have any EE today, but...

I read to get a 250 watt red bulb, so that's what we got. But we only have 3 chicks and they are never under it, in fact they tend to stay on the opposite side. I do have a thermometer in there and have been keeping it at 90-95 since it's their first week, then I thought maybe the 250 bulb is...

We got 2 Easter Eggers and 1 Plymoth Rock last Thursday, they have been doing so great, but woke up this morning and 1 of the Easter Eggers was dead. I don't know what went wrong. The other 2 seem fine, heat was a little low but the other 2 were on the opposite side of the lamp not acting like...

YAY!! So excited, we got 3 chicks yesterday and they are doing great. It's my first chicken experience, I have been doing research for months and it seems silly but am nervous! 1 is a Barred Plymouth Rock, and the other 2 are--according to the feed store, Araucanas. Now, since I have been...

Hi there, newbie here. We are designing our coop--small for backyard 3 chickens, doing a cottage style raised up with trap door leading to a run underneath as well as off to the side. Are you suppose to keep their food in the coop or is it better to have in their run? We are in Kansas City...

Hi there! I live in Raymore MO and would love to know if there are any other Missouri or Kansas folk. I have been doing lots of research--we are wanting to get 3 backyard chickens. I come to this sight all the time to find out stuff, but thought I would join the forum so that I can ask some...