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My four year old Speckled Sussex has been acting weird recently. (For a few months apparently, I've only noticed it in the past month) She will make weird noises randomly (especially the one they make when they see a predator), like when we go near her, or she'll make broody noises (even though...

So recently we hatched out two chicks from eggs a friend gave us. After figuring that his father was probably a Silkie, and his mother a Leghorn (he came from a big white egg), now I'm wondering who he will take after in size. As you can see he has a Silkie crest and comb, as well as having 5...

Thanks, everyone. Yeah I forgot to say the reason they died- the Maran died because a thin shelled egg broke inside her, and apparently got infected (that's what the vet said, she did a necropsy) and we aren't sure why Jasmine (the Sussex) died, but she had a slow crop so we were feeding her...

Last Monday, one of our Cuckoo Marans died. The coop seemed rather quieter (even though she was always picked on and the lowest because she brooded once). Now yesterday, the top hen in the pecking order died. The coop is reeeally quiet. She grew up with 3 other Speckled Sussex and all four of...

I am in WI...I am also too late XD

Does it upset everyone? Does the second one automatically take her place, or...?

I couldn't imagine the hen that is (was) #2 in the pecking order not taking over, though. She's a rather scary hen xD

Our hen that was the first in the pecking order died this morning...my mom was talking about how they'll have to sort out the pecking order now....doesn't the 2nd hen in the pecking order usually take over?

Thank you. We are going to find out what happened hopefully tomorrow

Alice, our Cuckoo Maran died this morning. Yesterday she had something wrong with her crop, it was blocked up. It hasn't emptied that morning, so we had her up in the house all day. We gave her coconut oil and nux vomica, hoping to get something moving. We decided that if she wasn't better in...

Sometimes the hen actually just accidentally broke the egg, and when they do that they eat it as they don't want to attract predators.

So I was down in the coop a little while ago and my favorite hen was up in the nesting box, and she appeared to be pecking at something. I went and looked, expecting to find a broken egg. Instead, I found this weird meaty looking skin thing?? I have no clue what it is. I don't know who laid it...

I've been looking everywhere for Light Sussex day old chicks, and can't find any. Does anyone have any, or know of anyone that does? Light Sussex, also any kind of sussex, BLRW, and Black Coppers Marans, too. But my priority is Light sussex. Price is negotiable! Thanks in advance!

Maybe that's why. Idk. Lol my mom heard peeping then after it was killed we haven't heard any. But we have the incubator heating up now.

So we have a cochin that went broody recently. She went broody in the middle of July, too, but it was too hot. Then she went broody again. So we got her eggs-8 of them. She's been really faithful, for having sat on a fake one for a few weeks until we got her eggs to sit on for another 21 days...

Well I mean, obviously they remember us because we are always down there, so I wonder if they would forget someone who went away for a while.

I've been wondering lately how long a chicken's memory is. I know that they don't seem to remember a member of the flock if the hen is gone for about a week or so. But I have a 2 year old SS hen, Nellie, who i've had ever since she was a chick, and since she was about 5 weeks old I would hold...

We are having an issue with butt picking in our coop. We have 4 hens (2 years) who are at the top of the pecking order, then 9 pullets who will be 1 year old in April. One of the pullets, a black australorp, 5th in the pecking order, recently started this horrible habit of butt picking. I've...

That's what they are! Thanks so much! I'm disappointed they aren't the Wyandottes, though.

We hatched these guys out in December, and now they are 6 weeks old. They were labeled Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, but their neighbor was labeling the eggs and we hatched out a Cochin instead of a Silver Penciled Rock. Now we're wondering if these two got messed up, also. Do they look like Blue...