A week or so ago my 11 month old hens reached peak production and I was getting 5-7 eggs a day from my seven hens. Then one day I got 3... The next day 2 and one of my hens was broody. I saw at least one of those "Soft shelled" eggs in the coop. I had seen one or two before, usually from a...
Hi California Chick, We are neighbors. I'm in Oakland.
Rizzo is at the bottom of the pecking order, but I do not see a lot of pecking going on. I was working around the pen today, and they were all getting along. Mostly I only see hens peck the next in line, they do not gang up on...
Hi,
I am new to this group and this is my first post. Tonight as I locked my chicken coop I noticed one of my chickens had a very swollen, bald butt. The vent is not blocked from the outside, but the area below is soft and swollen to the size of a tennis ball. Most of the feathers...