young hens

  1. N

    Young Hens with "contagious" egg laying problem?

    Hello all! My name is Joe and I am new to Backyard chickens. I am a big fan and am excited to join the conversation! However, I do wish my first post was focused on a subject more positive, but 3 of my 4 young hens are experiencing difficulties in laying. We have 4 hens all of which are...
  2. Littlefrenchyinbigtexas

    Young hens have Difficulty breathing

    Young Buff chicks. Looks like upper respiratory. how can we help? What medicine shall we get? And where to get it? Thank you!!!!
  3. katiekate88

    My hens should be laying soon

    Hello all, my hens are almost to laying age (12 weeks old at the moment I have about 20 hens but of different breeds some are said to start laying as early as 14 weeks) my question is I've read once they start to lay they need switched to layer feed but only then same goes for oyster shells...
  4. A

    Blood speckled roosting area

    Hello! When I went to clean the henhouse today I found that half the henhouse was speckled with blood. There was blood all around the night roosting area, the walls and over the wood shavings between the roosting area and the pop door. One chicken was covered in blood speckles in its face and...
  5. hot_breakfast

    How to stop older hens from bullying younger hens?

    I recently got 2 young hens, both of them are around 2-3 months old. My older hens are around 1 year and 4 months old, and they won't stop bullying the younger ones. The little ones are too scared to even come out and drink water. What should I do?
  6. Rebekahboo321

    Why are my chickens not laying a lot of eggs?

    So I was wondering what could be some reasons chickens don’t lay eggs? I have a cool with 22 birds in it and only get about 5 eggs a day.... there is some older hens in the flock and 1 duck he's a boy so I know about 5 birds that aren’t laying eggs... But The other 17 should be laying more...
  7. Zoester

    Young hens doing me wrong. LOL

    My girls are only two and have always laid so many eggs I had to give them to half the neighborhood and now I am lucky to get one a day and it has been this way for a while. At first I thought after the summer molt, they will start again, but here it is Almost Dec. and one egg a day. I have a...
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