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This topic comes up every so often but I'm wondering what feed you give your laying hens. I was using Dumore from Rural King and getting a fair amount of eggs. Last Summer I was out of feed and stopped at Tractor Supply and all they had was Producer's Pride. It was awful. Egg production went...

Every search for "how long does it take to lay an egg" gives results telling time from birth. I'm looking for how much time from a hen to hop up in a nesting box until the egg is laid. I have a hen who is beginning to experiment with egg-eating. I've been keeping a close eye on the nesting...

9 weeks ago we got 4 hens (about 2 years old) from someone who was giving up her chickens. I know nothing about their lives before they came to us except that there were 16 total in that flock. They have not integrated at all with my established flock (2 hens and a rooster about 2 yrs old)...

We got 4 new hens 2 months ago. One was a bit raggedy but I saw no infestations. I had no real way to isolate them at the time so put them in with our original 3. The raggedy SLW looked like she was finishing a molt, but I began noticing that she "preened" more than the others. Couldn't tell...

We got a Buff Orpington, a Barrd Rock, and two black Austrolorps 2 1/2 years ago. We recently introduced 4 new 2-year-old hens adopted from someone who couldn't keep them. Another Barrd Rock, another black Austrolorp, an easter egger, and a Silver Laced Wyandotte. We have 1 Rooster, a...

Someone had to get rid of their chickens and gave us 4 hens...a Bard Rock, a Austrolorp, and these two. I'm thinking the white one is an Ameraucana though the lady insisted it was an "Easter Egger" I know these breeds can get mixed up and interbred... The black and white one looks sort of like...

I am a nurse practitioner so am familiar with surgery and autopsies. My Austrolorp died suddenly at some point in the night. I wanted to assure myself that it wasn't a spreadable disease so I figured that if I could find a "smoking gun" cause by cutting her open I wouldn't worry about the rest...

My Orpington was allowed to be broody this spring. She had 2 eggs, I placed another 3 under her from other hens and marked them all with an "X". After 10 days there was an unbroken egg on the floor with my big "X" on it so I guess she threw it out. On day 10 I candled them and two were unfertile...

I have a broody B.O. who we decided to allow to hatch out a few eggs. She was in the center of 3 nesting boxes 14 inches off the floor of the coop with 3 eggs under her. This morning I went out and our bard rock was in that box while the buff was in the next box over. I didn't want the bard to...

I've tried EVERY trick on the internet, but no matter what EVERY egg from my coop is ruined when hard-boiled. Peeling the shells ends up cracking, gouging, and ruining the egg. I've tried using "old" eggs, the batch I did today have been in the fridge for a month. I"ve tried fresh eggs, no luck...

Background: 4 hens 2 Austrolorps, 1 Bard Rock, 1 Orpington, 1 Rooster. Born Feb 2021. Began laying in June 2021 and gave me 3 eggs/day on average that whole summer and autumn. Slowed to maybe 2 eggs/day last winter (a string of Christmas lights added light to equal 12hrs/day). Back to 3/day...

I've noticed this a lot- our rooster sees a fox,cat, etc., and begins his LOUD cry of alarm. I come running from the house (sometimes just in time to see the predator running away) and the hens are casually pecking the ground around him. I thought having a rooster would help hens evade predators...

Hi, all! I have 4 hens (and a rooster). The hens have been together since birth and always got along. About 10 days ago The Buff Orpington started behaving like she was broody. Sat on the nest all day unless I pushed her off. But when she went outside the Barred Rock bullied her pecking and...