Until recently my hens had been laying 8-9 eggs a day. I have 12 hens, 4 of them are four years old, the other eight are 2 years old. This past week they dropped to 3 eggs, then 2, now I'm down to only 1 egg a day. I live in the south, so it is very hot right now, temps around 90-100, and very...
A few of my chickens have gotten pale combs. Their going through a molt right now, so I was wondering if that is the cause or if their is something else wrong. I recently put chickens from my smaller chicken pen, and put them in with the other chickens in the larger pen. Could they be sick? Or...
I just picked up some oyster shell, fingers crossed. The older chickens appear to be going through a stress molt. They have feathers everywhere. The younger ones don't seem to be molting though.
I have 12 hens and 2 roosters, 5 hens and 1 rooster are in one pen. Of those 6 chickens, ones a Dominique Rooster, two Dominique hens, and 3 RIR hens. They are 3 years old. The rest of the chickens (7 Dominique hens, and one Dominique Rooster) are in another pen. Those are only a year old. The...
I'll start checking around for some BOSS around here, there's a person at my local feed store that might be able to order me some. I appreciate ya'lls help