Posts by chickgarden

I have 3  one year old hens on layer feed and 3 ten week old chicks on starter feed.  They have integrated pretty well and I'm debating taking down the chicken wire barrier in the enclosed run. Mostly because occasionally the...

I just found yolk and white in a nest, no shell and other eggs untouched.  I'm wondering if I had one lay something like what your hen has.  Mine are are one year and no changes in diet either.  Hope you find an answer...

I found what looks like to be egg yolk and white dripping from the bottom of a nesting box.  There were two eggs plus a fake one in there all with I think what is yolk on them.  I cleaned out the box and couldn't find one...

Oh wow!  Poor thing.  I'm hoping things will end up going better for mine.  The Brown Leghorn we have is the only one that seem bothered when I let the chicks into the rest of the run for about 10 minutes while I was...

Thank you both!  They did great it their separate pen today.  Near the end I opened one end so they could go out with the bigger chickens.  One of the bigger ones tried to peck a chick, but that was about it.  I...

We've got 3 one year old chickens - they are our first, and have had them since they were chicks.  We now have 4 new chicks (although one looks to be a rooster so he'll be moving elsewhere).  The new chicks are 6-7 weeks old...

Darn!  That's what I was thinking.  He's so cute and we just can't have roosters where we are.  I'm working on finding him a home.  Funny part is, we got three chicks, then I decided I really wished I would've...

  We have 4 chicks of differing breeds.  The one I'm wondering about is the 6 week old Barred Rock above.  Her comb has developed very quickly and I can see the beginnings of wattles.  In the photo above is a 7...

I was just wondering this same thing last night.  We have an 8 year old Bichon Frise.  Last year we got our first chicks.  From day one she was interested in them, but not in any type of predatory way.  When they...

Thanks!  I'm guessing my chicks will end up on adult food earlier too, sounds like your chickens have done fine with it.  Thanks again!