I have a small flock of 5 hens - SLW, Leghorn, Blue Cochin, RSL, Salmon Faverolle - and the last three are losing feathers on their necks. I did keep them confined to their coop all of last week and we had a drop in temperature (as did everyone else) recently to about 50's from typical 80+...
Thanks for the info! I'm being a little dramatic in saying they don't do anything. They're very healthy girls. I've had them since they were hatched along with 15 others that have given away. They used to have full run of the yard, but that got way too messy so I reduced my flock size a while...
I have five pullets (SLW, RSL, leghorn, blue cochin, and salmon faverolle), all hatched mid February, and none of them are laying. Really breaking my head trying to figure it out. They have a small coop - about 8'x5' open air coop with two roosts and two milk crates converted to nest boxes. They...
I keep reading that most of what we think are Ameraucanas are really easter eggers. I purchased an ameraucana and she looks like the pix on this thread, but would like your opinions. Any thoughts?
All of them are 13 weeks. Love my fat-butt blue cochin and this little guy :)
white frizzle cochin
Salmon Faverolle & red sex link
Cochin, ameraucana, frizzle cochin
Ameraucana
I'm in south Florida and have to get rid of my SLW rooster. I have a few, but this one is crowing already, so he may become a problem for us. He's 3 months old and non-agressive. Eventually we'll be getting rid of most, if not all of them. Just giving them a chance before they all start yappin'...
That's what I was thinking as well. The one on the left (lighter comb) also acts different. It doesn't really participate in all the rough housing my roosters do. I hope it's a girl.