You have to get this perfectly level for the water to work and then sometime it still leaks. You have to monkey around with for it to work.
The handle is welded cheaply and busted off...
Leghorns are great egg laying chickens. They are friendly to other Leghorns and can easily fly. The only problems is that they are bad in the pecking order and they can make a mess of the yard....
I will start by saying that I love Australorps. In fact, my very favorite hen is an Australorp. She is such a sweet chicken and just let's you walk right up to her to pick her up. She doesn't run...
seem like a good breed, if i had the room i would probably raise a batch of them they seem like they would be a good 4h starter show bird...considering i dont see many of this breed in my class...
its a feed scooper it cant be perfect but over all when every thing is said an done i love mine its great its starting to show a little wear an tear but its to be expected i have had it for 4...
Well, she's clearly not letting the other ones out. I have been observing them as much as possible. I put food in the run and they practically devoured it.
Is there anything I can do to help the situation or is it best to give the new hen away?
I think you should make two separate side by side pens and have two food and water stations. I think it is too early to think about giving the new girl away - any time you add a strange chicken, this is likely to happen. They will get over it in time, hopefully, but you don't want them getting malnourished or sick from hiding all the time.
We have a dozen different breeds of chickens and we love them all!