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I had one 3 yr old hen who had an injury and was having a hard time walking. I separated her from the flock of 7 in order for her to heal. It took almost 2 months for her to get back walking well enough to go back in with the flock. Unfortunately they did not welcome her back with open wings. At...

I have 7 hens. 3 are 3yrs old and the other 4 are 10 months old. I have them all integrated into one run which has two coops. One is large with five roosting boards and 3 nesting boxes. It is well made and warm with enough room for all of them. There are two roosts that aren’t even being used at...

I have 3 (3yr old) ladies and 5 (13 week old) young ladies. I have a fairly large run and have sectioned off an area for the younger ones since they were about 8 weeks old. It includes its own coop with roosts. It doesn’t have nesting boxes though. All of the ladies have been able to see each...

I have 3, almost 3 yr old hens. They seem to get along most of the time. I also have 5 , 7 week old hens in a closed off area inside of the run. I changed the roosting arrangement in the older ladies coop and noticed that one of them was roosting on the porch of the coop. Not knowing any better...

Does anyone know if variegated pittosporum also known as Japanese mock orange is ok to plant in and around chicken run?

I have 3 10 month old hens. They have roosted in the coop since I moved them in back in December. Last night I noticed that 2 of them were roosting in the run and one was all alone in the coop. I moved the two into the coop ( it worries me and was also going to rain). Is this normal? Should I...

I have 3 hens. All 8 months old. They have been laying eggs since February. I have an Easter egger who usually laid 5-6 eggs a week but hasn’t laid one since Friday. She eats well, runs around, forages and acts normal. I picked her up and she didn’t feel like she was eggbound. (I really wouldn’t...

I have 3 young chickens that have been laying for a couple of months. They have a nice sized run and I also let them out into my backyard to free range. I have Purina flock raiser pellets that are in the feeders but they don’t seem to eat it. They scatter it all about but that seems to be it. I...

I have three chickens about 6 months old and all three are now laying. Can I take out the Easter eggs I used in the nesting boxes now??