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I have 11 hens less than 1 year old. I was getting 9 to 10 eggs a day until a few weeks ago. I now get 4 to 6 eggs, and one will usually have a small hole pocked in the top. I let my hens roam during the day if it's not raining. The weather changed to 80 to 90 degrees over that last month, but I...

It's been awhile since I dropped into the coop. My flock is doing well. My girls were reluctant to use the nesting boxes until I changed from wood chips to straw lining. For some reason my flock prefers to sleep on roosting bars in the run rather than in the coop. My first flock did the...

Greetings Ya'll, My pullets are 23 weeks old and a few have started to lay eggs but they are small ones. They have laid then on the ground in the run but not yet in the nesting boxes. I noticed they were creating nests in the yard out of pine straw so I put wheat straw in the nesting boxes to...

I had an earlier flock without a rooster, then add some chickens and a rooster, Under both circumstances my flock did fine and produced eggs. I lost my flock to some wild dogs and have rebuilt my flock from new chicks, I'm trying to decide if I should get a rooster or not. My new chickens are...

Hi! I live in Leesville, SC close to Gilbert. I have a few egg laying hens but an looking for some new ones to increase my flock. Not sure that I'm up to raising chicks so I'm looking for 12 to 16 week old hens. Anybody have any for sale?

Looking for egg layers, about 16 weeks old, near Leesville/Gilbert, SC. Any ideas?

I have a large coop, big enough for 12 to 14 birds with an attached covered run of 200 sqft. Around this is a very large enclosed but uncovered pen area for them to free range. The birds do not have their wings clipped and several of them will fly over the fence to roam the rest of the property...

I have a brooding hen that started sitting on a clutch of eggs for a few days, then moving to another, then another and finally selected a clutch of 10 eggs that she has been sitting on for 21 days as of today. I checked under her this morning and saw no broken or hatching eggs yet. The eggs are...

Hello You All, I have an older hen who decided to sit on a clutch of 12 eggs apparently to hatch them. She sat on them for about 7 days then moved to a nest with 3 eggs and started sitting again. Is this normal? I have a rooster and I know some eggs are probably fertilized. I candled the 12...

I had 3 hens in my original flock and added 6 new hens and a rooster that were all about 8 weeks old. The rooster is a Rhode Island Red as are some of the hens. They all seemed to get along surprisingly well; no real problems or fighting. Now, at 26 weeks old, the rooster seems to pick on the...

I added some hens to my coop and was given a Rhode Island Red Rooster by a friend. All are getting along fine, but I'm concerned with what to do if the rooster fertilizes any of the eggs. Don't really want to raise chicks yet. How can I keep the rooster from fertilizing the eggs, or can I? How...

I have three hens that are a year old or so and want to add another 7 to my flock. I knoe I should quarantine them for 21 days or so before mixing them together, but is there anything I need to do before putting them together in the coop? I have a large fenced area around the coop and run for...

I have 2 hens that are laying on top of each other in the nesting box. I assume this is part of brooding or is it something else?

Two of my hens have wounds on their backs from something but not sure what; definitely not other animals but maybe attacks from the other hens. Anyway, they were also exhibiting signs of brooding so I separated them into individual cages to break them of the brooding habit. I assume a week of...

As I previously mentioned, I have 2 hens that have chunks of their backs missing (picture attached). Apparently a Rhode Island Red decided to go broody and stayed in the nesting box trying to hatch a bunch of eggs. Another hen, a Wyndotte, tried to get in the same nesting box with her and a they...

I have a 120 sq-ft run for my chickens with a tarp on the wire roof. My Coop has a large space underneath for the chickens to gather from the sun or rain but the tarp also blocks out part of the sun and rain. A piece of it is open for direct sunshine. Questions: Should the run be covered to give...

My hens have a large coop and run area but seem bored. I was thinking of leaving the coop door open and let them roam the yard but am concerned that they may not return to the coop, and then I will have to chase them and recapture. Adjoining neighbors also have chickens, some that roam freely...

One of my Rhode Island Reds was attacked and has a chunk taken out of her back. It appears that one of the Wyndotte's is the attacker. The injured hen appears to be in a brooding phase. I have no roosters and have my hens as layers only. What should I do with the suspected aggressive hen? What...

Our weather here in South Carolina has been cold and rainy for several weeks. One of my hens has lost feathers on her bottom and shows bare skin. Any ideas what this might be and how to treat it?

One or more of my hens seems to have occasional diarrhea. Is this normal or a sign of illness? If a sign of illness, what should I treat for? Any ideas?