My 30 week EE squatted twice today and when she did the lowest in ranking hen (her buddy who is not laying) held her down and started pecking her on the head, what is this all about? The other girls just ignored them. Yes positive they are all hens
My 2 fish time layers both started out laying hard shelf perfect eggs a week ago but for 2 days they have been soft shelled????? Is this normal? They are 22 weeks.
Thanks for Laying tip. They are in separated by hardware cloth for 3 weeks now so I thought they were good to go but the top hen continuously chased the smaller built one. She squawked so loudly, I felt so bad for her. I just have to grin and bare it I guess. I will try again this weekend and...
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ok so the 2 rooster were rehomed to a farm and replaced with 2 Aussies(5 months old and fluffy). The one with big red comb has started laying every 3 days. Is this normal? Also I have kept them separate from the EE's all this time but joined them today and why did I do that? The only layer went...
they are 13 week. I was just reading about other hens crowing and she only does it on the roost in the morning until I open the coop and nothing for rest of the day. She doesn't do it every morning either
Ok my girls(I hope)again. The 2 New Hampshire mixes have thick fat combs and the beginning of battles but no pointed shackle feathers or I would say roo automatically but all they do is bully each other and are mean to my other to EE's who just hide from them. Are they both roo's? Because if one...