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I'm just very concerned at this point, to why my hens are not laying still. They are going on 7 1/2 Months old. Is there anything I could be doing wrong? Is it possible that they wont be layers? We do have a rooster in the pin with them as well, i thought this would speed up the process but it...

1 RIR and 2 Amerucanus

One RIR, and two Americnuas.

They are going on 25-28 weeks now. They have been eating the laying pallets for the last month! Is this normal?

Yes, that was the plan to open up a door in the floor with a bridge they can walk down to the bottom level, which is grass, but its full of poop. So my fear is , Is if we close in the bottom and put an opening with a little ladder for them, we would not be able to clean it out properly!! I guess...

Also I did just start them on layer pellets! My main concern with the rooster was him putting the hens in distress and could be possible keeping them from laying!

I got the layout idea from the Dutch Hen house which is 36x84 we decided to make it bigger then that...48 inches by 96 inches. Coop is built off the ground. We are not great builders so we thought this design would be best. Ill post pictures! We planned on eventualy adding a bottom addition so...

So here's my story......HI! My name is Alisha, I am new to BYC, and also new to raising chickens! My husband and I thought we would enjoy raising backyard chickens. We have four children, three girls ages 12,9,&7 and one boy age 3! I bought the chickens from a local feed store in March 2012, it...