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Does anyone live in a locality with a rooster-friendly ordinance that's working well? I'd love to see some examples. We helped legalize BY chickens in our county a number of years ago, but later things got more restrictive for roosters and "agriculture" in general. I thought the rule was you...

We have a flock of 4 suburban hens, and one of our 2 barred Plymouth Rocks has been laying soft-shelled eggs for quite a while now. Chicory is 2 years old; she laid lovely eggs at first, and then during her first laying summer we noticed (what we assume to be) calcium deposits on the shells...

My 14-month-old, 6-lb. buff orpington hen (Poppy) began yesterday looking fine, but in the afternoon she looked somewhat lethargic and then produced an egg with just the yolk and white next to a bush (this was a first for her--never anything other than well-shelled, largish eggs in the nest...

So many posts on broody hens who are sadly not destined to be mothers, but I couldn't find the answer to my question: My almost-a-year-old Buff Orpington (Poppy) has crossed over to the broody side, and since it's been nearly a week with her sitting on no eggs and my evicting her 4-5 times a day...

(First-time chicken-person-to-be here!) I will be getting 4 chicks in a few weeks, to be delivered to a post office 6 hours away (as part of a larger batch to be shared with friends). Any ideas on how to transport my 4 happily and warmly home in my car? Am planning on getting them eating and...