My 2 year old Lace Wyandotte didn't really start up laying with the rest this spring. She is a nervous bird, would often just lay her eggs on the coop floor. Fast Then she had a dust up with a hawk where she lost a few feathers.
Then she laid a fairy egg with no yolk. A couple weeks later and...
My 8 month old Welsummer is losing the fluffy butt feather. Every time she lays an egg, bunch of feathers, takes a dust bath, her feathers are everywhere. She's got a skinny butt now, no bald spots. It looks like new feathers are coming in, but could she be molting now? It also looks like...
We brought home 6 EE chicks that were hatched in the classroom. They are 3 weeks old and 4 more sexed day olds are coming Monday. I think there is a good chance 3 of the first flock are Roos. I'm totally a newbie, but it's a gut feeling. We are lucky to have many places locally that do workshops...