Since my 1st EE (I have two) - she is definitely the smartest of my small flock of four chickens - has been molting for almost 3 months now, she's become even smarter. Whenever she hears or sees me coming out of the back door, she literally comes flying towards me and then follows me around on...
I have a total of 4 hens. 2 hens (a polish and an EE) that were born March 1 and 2 hens (an australorp and an EE) that were born at the end of March. All 4 of them started laying at 20-22 weeks. At the end of September when they were then 6 months old, the first born chickens stopped laying and...