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Right now I have 13 hens. 7 that hatched in spring of 2022, and 6 that hatched in spring of 2023. 4 of my original 7 hatchlings from 2023 stopped laying this past May after introducing the 6 new pullets and a 1yo Bantam Rooster (who is very nice to our girls) around the beginning of May. They...

Two weeks ago we saw our first abnormal symptoms surface in the flock. First it was two incodences of very soft shelled eggs (from the same hen, blue copper maran pictured attached). Then Chipper (our brown Barnevelder hen) had one eye that looked a bit droopy, but showed no signs of weeping or...

Stella, my favorite hen is showing signs of frostbite after the recent cold snap. Luckily my 6 other hens are fine. This is my first time wintering over chickens, so I have never dealt with anything like this before. I took many precautions, including restricting their access only to the coop...

Like most in the midwest, we are experiencing a cold snap in Ohio. Its -5f (-30 with windchill) and my thermostat inside the coop reads 1f. I have all 7 girls safely stowed inside the coop, and closed off access to the run to protect them from the 40mph chilly gusts of wind whipping across our...

I've arrived! And I come bearing novice level skills one million questions and 7 baby chicks!