I have always kept a flock of assorted standards and want to get some more chicks. I love both my Light Brahma and my Hampshire hens and considered getting more but man are the talkers! I don't know if it's their individual quirks or a trait of their breeds.(They were both originally very...
My rhode island red has a loose stool with yellow in it. She otherwise seems fine. How serious is this? I don't know if I should let it run it's course (no pun intended) or try medicating. When I let her out to graze she helps herself to the cat's leftovers could this be contributing?
I have kept a very small backyard flock for close on twenty years but I am puzzled by the recent unexpected deaths of two of my flock. They were full of health in the morning and dead with no signs of injury in the afternoon. They died a week apart. The county ag agent had no suggestions...