Posts by larsonll

Check out this giant.

Normal behavior for the alpha hen.  Some are more masculine than others.

Are they double yolkers?

I have a Welsummer that has done the torpedo eggs, as we call them, since starting to relay after her first molt.  How long has this been going on?  It's a nice big egg though!

Wash the chick to remove the blood color.  Red lamp if possible.  Cornstarch is fine.  Blue Kote will help cover the color if you have it.

Looks normal

My five hens are now a year and a half old.  I had the same problem convincing my hubby...I had to build my own coop because he would not support the endeavor!  However, he loves our girls now and the eggs are fantastic....

I agree with the broodiness.  Is she growling at you or acting different?

Four of my 5 hens, a Wheaten Maran, an OE, and 2 EEs, have stopped laying with a molt and colder weather here in GA, but my Welsummer is still laying every other day.  I read from the standard that the Welsummer hens lay @160 a...

I raised 10 chicks and 3 had beak deformities.  I worried about them incessantly, even thought they all ate and grew just fine.  When they were older and put into a small coop, their beaks got even worse.  Still, they...