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Last week we brought home 3 new girls to add to our flock of only 2. One was already squatting and has a very red comb and wattles. We figured she would likely lay soon but were not aware whether she already was or not. Well, we found our first egg from them last night. We assumed it was her...

Hello everyone! 🐥 We’re adopting 3 x 1.5 year old hens from a friend who has too many eggs to manage. We already have 4 hens raised from chicks that are 2 years old. We will be doing a 1-2 week long quarantine in side-by-side fenced runs, and all hens will sleep in our coop which is open concept...

I recently bought three new hens to add to my little flock- two brahmas and a cochin. Now, I'm unfamiliar with the cochin breed but I've heard they're bigger chickens and the one I have seems a lot more like a bantam to me. Anyway, the brahmas are settling in decently but the cochin is getting...

Recently was given a small hen that I think is a cochin? She has feathered legs and I don't think she's laying yet but I'm unfamiliar with the breed. Anyway, I have a flock of 9 bigger hens that have just started coming into lay (wyandottes, Easter eggers, black giants, columbian rock crosses)...

Hi, we have three hens and bought a further three hens on Monday. I’ve got the two groups separated. The market was a very stressful place for an animal. One of the hens, a Sussex, doesn’t seem to be as active as the others. She’s 4 to 6 months old. She closes her eyes a lot and keeps shaking...

I'm getting new chickens soon and want to add them to my new flock except I don't have a separate pen to put them until their all nice and cozy. All I have is a cage with plenty of room for both hens, food, and water. I can't keep them in that cage until they get all buddy-buddy, I need a...

I recently rescued a three-year-old black Australorp hen. She was living alone for a long time. She's a sweetheart. I have four hens and a rooster, all of them around 7 months old. I kept the new girl separate from my flock for about a week, with a couple of days where they were only separated...

Miss Wendi-go joined Miss Lucy about a month ago. Lucy is definitely the dominant hen. It took them awhile to get used to each other, but now they will eat and roost together. Wendi still hasn't laid an egg. She was supposed to be about a year old when I got her. She is an Ameracauna and seems...

Last week I brought home a new hen, a beautiful 8-month old black Ameraucana who has already laid two lovely minty blue eggs for me. I understand it's difficult to introduce just one bird but my ordinance only allows me one more chicken, so I did lots of research on how to do it and got one...

I have a pair of young Silkies, they're about 4 months old. Today someone gave me a 2 year old bantam cochin hen because she's not laying as much anymore. I know it's a good idea to quarantine any new animal or bird, so I put the cochin in her own cage in a separate room from the Silkies. How...

Quick Question: When adding new laying hens to a free range flock that already uses the coop/nesting box- how do you get the new ones to use the coop/boxes instead of going rogue? If we keep them in the coop and close it up, the original gang won't be able to go in there. Long Story: We had a...

Okay so I have a buff orpington and she was brooding so we got her 3 chicks (a white leghorn, a sliver laced Wyandotte and a black sexlink.) she was fine with the chicks for 2 months and the sexlink turned out be a rooster so we gave him away. we got a new hen we think she is a ameriauna barred...