Hello BYC,
My silver laced Wyandotte seems quite ill. We noticed yesterday that she was not keeping up with the other two birds in our small flock. Last night I noticed that she was not on the roost like normal. This morning she is acting very lethargic and seems very weak when walking...
We've been seeing some strange eggs from one of our ladies recently. As far as we know she's never had any infectious issues besides dry fowl pox which our whole flock went through several months ago. Any thoughts on what could be causing these strange eggs?
Hello BYC Community,
This morning when I woke up and let the chickens out of the coop, one of our chickens would not leave the coop to come down with the rest of the girls to eat breakfast. This particular Hen is roughly 22 weeks old, has not laid eggs to date and is a Bared Rock.
She sat...
Hello BYC,
Below are some pics of my first attempt at a coop, still not quite done but getting close.
End of Day 2 had the frame pretty much complete.
Another week in, its almost done. I need to find a 4x4 piece of hardware cloth to finish the top of the run. Anyone in the Orange...
Hello from sunny Southern California (Orange County). My family is new to raising chickens, but we view this as the next step in our evolution to know where our food comes from and to be more self reliant.
We just picked up our first three girls last week including a Bared Rock, a Buff...