Posts by ChickenCrazy8

I have a black australorp. She is around 7 months old.   When I went out this morning I noticed that she has a cut on her comb. I was wondering what I should put on it, if anything at all.  Vaseline? Polysporin?...

My Grandma has tons of wheat and she said she could bring it up with her grinding machine so I could feed my chickens cracked wheat.   So, can chickens eat cracked wheat or is it unhealthy???   If it is healthy could I just...

Then maybe the pigment in their skin has to do with age?  Cause have two hens who are over a year and a half and a pullet that is 7 months old and there is major difference in the colour of their shanks (legs). The older ones...

I have heard that there is yellow pigment in certain places,  legs, around the eye, around their vent etc.. And every time your hen lays an egg they take some of that yellow pigment and put it in the yolk of the egg. So, for...

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Quote: Originally Posted by ronott1  I have a couple of questions about my Australorp.  She is 5 and a half months old.   The three other chickens I got her with(2 ameraucana's and 1 SLW)...

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Has anybody mentioned molting???? When chickens lose their feathers and grow new ones. They use so much energy that they will stop laying. Hope everything works out!!! 

I have a couple of questions about my Australorp.  She is 5 and a half months old.   The three other chickens I got her with(2 ameraucana's and 1 SLW)  are already laying. But she isn't. Do Australorps take longer...