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I have tried numerous time, nothing works like a sure trick. A lot just plain depends on the broody Gods. A pile of eggs can help, kind of sort of. If you get one - WAIT before setting eggs. I don't know how many times, I would run to the house, mark eggs only to have them quit, then 3 days...

It should be fine

Eye are very shinny, they can peck you in the eye, be careful.

When I first started, I trained a group to approach me, and jump up on me, but I found I really didn't like it. I just like to watch them.

I am pretty sure they don't eat the same amount every day. Maybe it is the temperature, maybe the daylight, maybe if I let them out? I haul feed to my birds daily. Sometimes at night, there is a little left (ideal) sometimes there is a lot left???? and sometimes the bowl is bare. I adjust my...

But more than likely it is just the card they drew, you really can’t do anything about it.

Lauren - you did the right thing. People who care for animals have to make tough decisions and you did make the right one.

I am glad you reported back. They don't call it cockfighting for nothing. Some work it out, but I think it is more of a time bomb waiting to go off and one never really knows when it will go. Mrs K

Put two of the worst in the crate. Then let her and the other one roam the coop/run. Now there might be a bit of bluster. But one on one, it should settle quickly. Then after 3-4 days, add one of the birds in the crate to the twosome. I am expecting that this bird would be aggressive if she was...

try a ladder

I would add some more clutter, things they can get up on, or underneath, and some roosts, and some mini walls. So that it looks cluttered, but actually makes more usable space. However, I have a huge run, and mine dug a hole right in the gate as I step in, just to roll my ankle! Mrs K

You are all so tough, this time of year, I would cave and give her chicks!

It happens, if you do something it tends to go away, and if you don't do anything, it tends to go away. Diet will have a minimal effect on it. But really, there is little people can do to change or modify eggs or egg laying. If you are feeding a basic diet, with calcium available, that is all...

How old are your birds, and how sure are you that they are both hens? It looks like a classic feather loss from a rooster asking a hen to lift her tail. Another idea, once I had a couple of hens poking their head into a fence, and pulling off feathers when they pulled the head out.

If you don't have a rooster, and cannot get fertile eggs, one can wait a couple of weeks - say 14-21 days, and slip fresh day old chicks under her. She will raise them right up in the flock. Contact your feed store and either order specific chicks, or find out what day they get fresh chicks in...

Well, I would start with a late developing rooster, and I would watch how the hens act around him. If they show no interest, he is not sending off the right visual and smells that attract hens to him. Once I will admit, I had a cockerel that I (an experienced poultry keeper) thought was a...

You are not getting bullseyes in your eggs.

Being broody is hard on a hen, I would break her of being broody.

Well, a rooster far away, can be easy to live with, just saying.

What I am worried about is bending over when you go into the run. A lot of roosters will choose that moment to attack. Mrs K