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I have a very broody hen, we no longer have a rooster and haven't had for a couple of months, but this hen, a comet, has been sitting on an empty nest for over 3 weeks, I had no idea how to get her to stop till this post so thanks! I will take her off the nest. Does anyone know if she will start...

I live in Ohio and right now it is pretty cold, but our hens have not been laying for about a month. Would a light for warmth help?

:heThanks everyone for the info and advice! I still am having trouble with the "pecking order", but i will keep trying.

:thumbsupThanks everyone! We quarentined them today, day 3, it is hard to do with a small coop and not a big lot, the newbies are used to being inside all the time, they were brooders,so we left them in, made a make-shift shelter and laying boxes for the old gals, who hardly lay anymore, out in...

:weeeDon't sweat the small stuff:)

I am disappointed no one has answered.

WE HAD TO DO THE SAME ONCE. WE HAD A BIG BLACK ROOSTER,NO IDEA OF THE BREED, HE TRIED TO ATTACK MY 2YR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER, I BLOCKED HIM INSTEAD HE GOT MY LEG AND KNEE WITH HIS TALONS, CUT THROUGH MY JEANS, AND PUT TWO HOLES IN MY LEG, I AM SO GREATFUL IT WAS NOT HER LITTLE FACE. SOMETIMES YOU...

WE HAVE HAD 5 GOLDEN COMETS FOR ABOUT 6 MOS, THEY WERE IN A PRODUCTION HOUSE AND WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW OLD THEY ARE. WE HAVE ONE ROOSTER. WE JUST BOUGHT 2 BARRED ROCKS & 2 RHODE ISLE REDS, YESTERDAY,WE ALSO HAVE NO IDEA HOW OLD THEY ARE. SO 2 QUESTIONS, HOW DO YOU TELL THE AGE OF A HEN & HOW DO...

:My husband and I bought 6 golden comets from a man who just bought them from some one else a day before that. The first week they barely laid, we have no idea how old they are either. They also started eating their eggs right away and we felt like we had been ripped off. We bought oyster...

I have one of my 6 hens who for the last 3 days has just sat in the laying box, will hardly move when she comes out to eat, she eats very little and does drink some water, is she egg bound? If so what is that? She just doesn't look wel:(l.

I BOUGHT SOME BROKEN OYSTER SHELLS TODAY, AND THEY LOVED THEM, WE DID GET 2 GOOD EGGS TODAY, ONE PECKED EGG AND ONE THEY ATE DURING THE DAY WHEN WE WEREN'T HOME. WE ONLY HAVE 6 HENS SO AT LEAST 4 LAYED. I ALSO PUT PLASTIC EGGS I HAD IN THEIR NESTS THEY HAVE PECKED AT THEM SOME, BUT THEY DID NOT...

Thanks everyone, I will try the oyster shells, but I too am afraid too that I we bought a "pig in a poke", this is really disappointing.

My husband and I just bought 6 comet hens that are about a year old yesterday. They are in a shed temporarliy with straw. We are moving them in to our old chicken coop, we had chickens up until 2 years ago when the last one died. The problem is they have laid eggs today but ate them all. Is...