Recent content by desertchick3

Pea comb?

Beautiful, your chickens must be super happy! Talk about a luxurious home ❤️

Thank you for the advice! Currently, I'm filling an empty milk jug with water, freezing it, and putting it in their large bucket waterer. I leave dishes full of water and ice on the ground for them so they can dunk their combs & wattles in to cool themselves off. One of my buff Orpingtons has a...

That is so funny! ❤️

How wonderful, congratulations! I hope you have a good breakfast with that egg. Your hen must be very proud of herself. (P.S. She's gorgeous! :D)

She is a little less than two years old and laying. She is a Lavender Orpington. It's not severe, we caught it before anything very bad could happen, but she was lethargic and panting. Her skin was hot to the touch. A few of my chickens from last year had heatstroke, they would lay on the ground...

I think It is possible she is having trouble laying an egg. She was in the nesting box when I found her.

Update: The hen is doing so much better now! She spent last night with the rest of the flock and she is able to walk on her own. She ate some layer feed this morning, drank water on her own, and pooped. She is not drinking the electrolyte on her own so I syringed it into her.

My hen is in my house right now, I have been caring for her all afternoon. I set her in a cold water bath a few hours ago and put a fan by her. She is lethargic and not moving at all, not drinking, eating, or pooping at all. I'm not sure If she had a stroke. She has not moved all day. I have...

I use these kinds of cup and bucket waterers: https://stockep.com/products/automatic-chicken-water-cup?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=Bing%20Shopping&msclkid=7cae6aef28d81c1acc99082445f26bc1 The water doesn't run out, it's easy to clean, It stays cool, and they don't get very...

Heat will affect them just as @Aunt Angus said, but when chickens grow old their egg production will decrease.

Thanks, I was looking for a poll like this but couldn't find one so I made one instead.

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Thank you :) ❤️ 🐓

I still add oyster shell to their feed, I also feed the eggshells to them separately.