Hi all,
I thought my 2 1/2 year old Columbian blacktail was Egg bound. She has been very lethargic and comb is pale, droopy. She hasn't laid this year yet, but was a very good layer up until November last year. She now has a huge lump on or back end which feel egg-shaped. I bathed her...
Sadly the two Brahmas didn't settle with our flock so we gave them to our friends who had some Brahmas already. They in turn gave us two feisty Orpington Bantams, so all worked out well in the end!
Today, Blondie, one of my original 4 Blacktails died. Very sad and very unexpected! I don't know...
One of my poor Columbian Blacktails is dead. :( I went to let them out this morning and thought she was being lazy so tried to shoo her out and she seemed to move off, so i shut the roof and went out for an hour or so. I have come back to find her curled up asleep (or so i thought) but she's...
Hi,
My name is Heather, I'm 25 married, mother of 2. We own a German shepherd dog, a corn snake and have had our first 4 chickens for 6 months now. We started with 4 Columbian Blacktails who were 15 months when we got them from a free-range farm. They have been fantastic, settled very quickly...