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Perhaps. Our four hens are almost 17 months old, first annual molt starts around 16-18 months old. http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/12/molting-what-is-it-and-how-to-help.html

Mine have certainly slowed down, one is molting, the others I attribute more to the heat than the cold, or perhaps the dramatic shift between the two.

Welcome! Beautiful setup!

I would call the Animal Warden, ours was very helpful, or call the city and ask to speak to someone in zoning. Do you already own chickens or are you planning to start raising them?

Really nice space cabinchicky!

So just found out through one of my son's schoolmate's mom who was at his birthday party this afternoon that Berea passed new poultry ordinances at the beginning of March that took effect in mid April. There was an article on Cleveland.com in February about revisions and are minutes from a...

I forgot who on here was looking to buy a house in the suburbs of Cleveland but I noticed the folks we used to get eggs from in Berea are selling their house, coop included, they have an amazing garden. http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/338-Fair-St-Berea-OH-44017/33521450_zpid/

Haha, did she pick a Salmon Faverolle?

Pretty sure there is still a ban and showing poultry in Ohio to prevent the spread of Avian Influenza. You might want to check with the organizers of the county fair before showing up with your birds. Are you in the Junior Fair? I think that's the only one where you can show non breeds like a...

Delaware and Sussex both have single combs, although Sussex combs tend to be a bit shorter. Wyandottes have rose combs and Brahamas who come in the same color pattern have pea combs but generally have feathered legs and are big fluffy birds. Who knows, they could be a hybrid of some sort with...

X2 then start building this fall. It's very stressful to build a coop when you've got chicks in the brooder. As for breeds it really depends on what you are looking for. I would avoid flighty breeds with big combs (Mediteranian breeds). I love our Orpington and Brahma for their snuggliness...

Very sorry for your loss :( We used this as well, kept hawks out for sure. This winter most of the time the snow fell through but during heavy snow and especially ice it sagged down very heavily, had to beat it from the bottom with a broom and get snowed on and the ice oh man. We added a...

We are in NE OH as well. Just over a year into chicken keeping and we've tried a few different things. We have always used a combo of sand and sweet pdz on our droppings board, scoops great, keeps odor down. We used sand in the coop last summer and early fall but I added straw in the late...

Lol! No I am certainly not in the market for 30 chickens, not enough room. Will be getting maybe three or four more chickens next spring, but not silkies, one day when we have land and need for a dedicated broody.

While I know this is a bummer for many of you, I am glad to hear this and was surprised they hadn't decided on it sooner. As much fun as seeing poultry is fun, it's best to be safe.

This is how I feel about my brooder just becoming empty! I wouldn't go with the managers eggs if you don't like the look of the flock, unless you just want to hatch a few of them to be good mix layers, but you don't want to be stuck with them. I haven't purchased hatching eggs from anyone but...

We have a very small backyard flock, no acreage yet. We have bought plastic roofing for our enclosed run which currently just has bird netting on top, we were going to put it up this weekend but my husband sprained his ankle, going to have to do that this week. We do free range for a few hours...

Oh no... I was waiting to hear about Indiana :( Thanks for sharing.

Ooo those hens have very nice coloring! Hatchery SF are so often poorly colored that I held off on getting Faverolles until later. Glad there is a local source. Thanks for sharing!

Hi, I had to think of where Wadsworth was. We're a county over from you, but you're pretty close to Akron folks too. Sunnyside Up Micro-Farm is about 37 mins from you http://www.sunnysideupmicrofarm.com/our_chickens.html they have some beautiful breeds and you can look on their website and FB...