Posts by elizahighvoltag

We started out with 8 RIR in 2010.  Then last year my hubby went to Tractor Supply alone (big mistake!) and "surprised" me with 9 more.  3 Great Blacks one of which turned out to be a rooster we call Foghorn Leghorn, 3 blonds...

We got 4 more RRR and 4 Buff Oringtons.  Here they are having their first taste of the great outdoors.    

We had a white hen die today very suddenly.  She was almost a year old and looked quite healthy, no injuries or sores.  We had brought her in from the Coop to the house because she has been broody of late, spend a lot of time...

A picture of the chicks from today.  They are getting their wing feathers in and growing fast!     Scout our german shepard watching over the hens today.  

Thanks for responding.  We didn't quite know what to do so we went the conservative route and cleaned out the nesting boxes and dusted them and the hens with some DE.  I didn't realize that their bare skin would get so...

Thanks, I took your suggestion and reposted this to emergency section as well.  

We own 8 RIR hens that will be 3 years old in May.  For the last few months egg production has been eratic we thought it was   molting, but then noticed three of the hens have developed red enlarged butts.  What is...

Hello, My name is Beth and I live in Massachusetts  with my husband, our german shepard Scout, our eight Rhode Island Reds and the latest additions, nine chicks my husband just couldn't resist.  We are lucky to live on 3...

We have eight RIR hens that will be 3 years old in May.  For the last couple of months egg production is erratic and decreased.  At first we thought molting, but then we noticed 3 then 4 of the hens backsides are pretty red...