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I have 6 Delaware hens. All are laying near perfect eggs. However, one hen when startled will lay an egg with out a shell. Very strange. Has anyone else seen or heard of this behavior?

Temp in my coop has hit 20 below. I have only 5 bantums (2 buff orps., and 3 brahmas.) They all do fine.

Quote: My chickens do fine in the cold. It's been well below zero in the coop several days in a row. So far so good. Chickens are hardy little birds.

I built a wooden door that I just open in the morning and close at night. Even at 20 below the hens are just fine.

I've been butchering poultry for a few years now. Started out by helping a friend. Now we do about 80 birds. At first it bothered me, but after a bit it seems fairly natural. I even started my oldest son helping when he was only 8 years old. After you kill a few birds you relize how...

Quote: The bird is about 6 months old. I don't know if she is laying yet or not. I have 5 chickens and get 3 eggs a day. A few people who have not seen the bird suggested that it's not a hen, but I am positive that it is.

I have one hen that is acting like a rooster. It crows alot, struts about and pecks at the other hens. What's up with this bird?

Quote: Thanks for the welcome. Our bantam buff orps are very friendly and seem to enjoy being picked up. My two youngest children (6 and 8) spend a fair amount of time in the coop with the birds. We did get them as chicks. They arrived in the mail at my friend's farm the last week of July...

Quote: Thanks for the welcome. In relation to Albany I am 4 hours north by north west. St. Lawrence County. It is about a 15 min drive to the St. Lawrence River and Canada from my house.

I'm a newbie. I have 5 bantums. My coop is 4' x 8'. The outside part of the coop is 8' x 8'. Is this big enough? When you guys say "run", do you just mean the outside part of the coop?

St. Lawrence County. Northern New York.

Northern New York. About 15 mins. from the Canadian border.

My daughter (9 years old) and I have just started with five chicks a few weeks ago. We have two bantum buff orps and 3 bantum brahmas. We live in a small village in northern New York ("The North Country"), I can't say which village because chickens are not allowed in village limits and I...