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My hens just turned 2 in April. My biggest is a buff orpington (pictured). The other three are easter eggers, about quail sized. Large Marge is the buff orp, she has always been the bossy one with the most attitude. They all started to lay around fall following their first birthday. The three...

Pics...this girl has had more broken foot feathers than the other three, I dont know why but Ive always been able to use cornstarch, wrap it, and everythings fine in a couple days. Today I was gone most of the afternoon and when I got back with them, I found she had more of a hematoma than Id...

Today, my hens turn 1. They have been laying consistently since Sept. In the past week, one of the easter eggers, Blanche, has had watery stool off and on, and I discovered this morning that someone laid a very small egg. Their normal size is that of a quail (theyve always been roughly a third...

I have 4 hens, currently living in the garage due to delayed construction in the fall. They are all about 10m old, all started laying in Sept. All have been regular, daily layers, with the buff orp averaging every other day. The 3 minis are quail sized, 2 are cinnamon queens. The third is a...

Not sure which one is doing this but Im assuming it is my largest hen, a buff orp, who is a pig with any fruits and veggies...is this normal diarrhea from overindulgence or cause for alarm? Thank you/apologies for the graphic pic

I have my first 4 hen flock of chickens that turned 20 weeks last week. Two cinnamon queens, one greyish something of same size, and a buff Orpington, who is a good 3 times the size of the other three. They just started laying eggs right around their 20 week birthday. I currently put them...

Has anyone made a coop *round*, in order to make the most of ventilation and eliminate edges and corners where the dirt/poo/bugs prefer to frequent? I thought it could discourage climbers also. Obviously not a builder, but thinking about the silo or yurt type of design but I've yet to see it in...

Was wondering if anyone could weigh in on these 3 week old chicks from Tractor Supply...I don't recall a bin of "meat chicks", I chose from a bin supposedly all females of Buff Orpingtons and Cinnamon Queens...though one that was the biggest is still the biggest, but seems to be twice the size...