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Howdy, One of my Speckled Sussex hens has started setting on a bunch of eggs. Does being broody stop her own production until the chicks hatch or will she keep adding to the nest? Second question: When I open the pen for a few hours of "free range time".... she will leave the nest, but goes...

Samson used to be so calm and peaceful..... I was gone for 6 days. Samson and his 3 hens had plenty of food and water in their pen. Today, I got home about an hour before dark so I let them out. Not 10 feet out into FREEDOM, Samson turned around and jumped at me! I kicked at him. I walked...

Howdy all you knowledgable folks. My local feed store has a good price on name brand layer feed. I want to buy a bunch and store it. I have a rodent proof place to keep it in the original bags. Will it go "bad" or loose nutritional value? I'm a firm believer that the "use by" dates on...

Not sure which is doing it.... but I strongly suspect Samson, so each morning I hear this incessant knocking on the door to the pen. They want OUT and they want out NOW! Samson only crows about every 3rd morning... but somebody is pecking away at the door EVERY morning. Since they are right...

Hi all you knowledgable folks... Tonight, as I was closing up the pen, I missed one of my hens. I opened one of the nesting boxes and there she was! Gave me the EVIL EYE! Next thing I knew, she was standing at the door of the coop looking angrily at me! Once before, at a time earlier in the...

Hi all you knowledgeable folks. My 4 Speckled Sussex pullets have resumed occasional laying.... they took time off after I moved them 160 miles. I understand that the number of eggs will drop off with the shorter days. I don't want to provide artificial lighting... The eggs I'm getting are...

At 4:30 this morning it was 43. So not long until we start hitting freezing temps and lower. My FLOCK! is Speckled Sussex. They are allegedly hardy cold weather birds. Their coop is compact, built for 10 but I only have 5. They seem to roost together on one of the 2 roosts all facing the...

Hello all you knowledgable chicken lovers, I just got my FLOCK! on Monday.... moving them from Flagstaff to St. Johns. They seemed fine. Tuesday morning at exactly 0525 Samson( the rooster) woke me with his crowing. They fed and ate well. Got one egg around noon time from one of the 4...

Greetings from N.E. Arizona.. I finally moved my FLOCK! from Flagstaff to St. Johns. They sat quietly in their boxes cluking softly occasionally They have taken to their new home. They got here Monday evening and today (Wednesday) I even got an EGG!!! So someone must be happy. The FLOCK...

Hi, I bought a KIT for my chicken coop... and it is nice but I'm concerned that there is NO window for light. If I close the door the chickens use to get out to the run, they are in the dark! I have some left over greenhouse material that is very sturdy, diffuses the light and will withstand...

Hi, I know chickens need extra calcium..... If I cook up some shrimp for MY supper.... can I feed the shells to the chickens? If the answer is "YES" then should they be raw or cooked? Or does it matter? Would I need to pulverize the shrimp shells or can I give it to them whole? Thanks, Mr...

Hello, I'm very new at this... I bought 3 grown Speckled Sussex. BEAUTIFUL birds. They are in Flagstaff.... I want them in St. Johns, AZ. This is a 160 mile 2.75 hour drive. How can I safely, without trauma, transport them? I have a pickup with a shell that has a screened window I can...