This is my olive egger - black copper maran/blue americana
Dark one again
Here is my wheaten maran/blue americana
here is an americana
same again
same again
Can anyone give me some advise?
Today i Moved my broody hen and her eggs which she has been sitting on for a while now and she won't go back on her eggs.
I should probably tell you that the reason I moved her was 1) I thought that's what you are supposed to do so the other hens don't harm the...
Yes he crowed normal before this. Found him this morning dead. I'm wondering if this was the beginning signs to a respiratory infection or if it was botulism. Yesterday he was standing still, head down, feathers puffed and drooped. He wasn't eating or drinking. I have a bucket of water in...
I have a heat lamp hung high in the coop on a timer. That way they stay warm, don't eat excessively because that's what they do to stay warm and it keeps up the egg production. Layers need 16 hours of light to lay daily. More is fine if you don't have a timer but nothing less. I also have an...
I had this problem too with my first group of chickens. As a matter of fact their feathers never grew back because the others kept plucking them out. Could be boredom or just plain bullying. It happens in all flocks.
Just wondering if anyone knows.......I gave neo-Chlor to my hens after losing one of my hens to Cocci and noticed after the fact that the package read not to give to laying birds. Anyone know what this means and why? The guy at the feed store told me to give it to them and stupid me never read...
Today was a sad day. I let my chickens out of the coop in the evening and somehow my dog got out of the house. It killed 2 and the others were hiding in the long grass behind our house.
We got all out but 1. We're worried it might be injured or just really scared. We searched all evening...
Hi there,
I'm new to this site and am planning to build a coop in the spring for approx. 6 chickens.
Does anyone know where I can get some egg laying hens? I live in Ontario. I heard about the Mount Forest Fur & Feather but I can't find out when it is.
Also I'm looking for hens that lay blue...