So I go out to collect eggs today and find this teeny, tiny, eitty, bitty little egg. I have a assortment of chickens, no banties, my adult hens have always laid medium to large eggs. I do have 4 younger hens, that are only about 3 to 4 months old, and I do not think they are old enough to lay...
I had my hens attacked by a dog this week, only 3 survived. Yesterday I noticed that the Leghorn hen who survived, was acting aggressive, today I go out to feed them and she is strutting around like a rooster, and crowed a couple of times ( attempted to crow)
Could this be caused by the...
My user name? Well I had to choose a name. And I live about 30 miles from Crater Lake, and wanted it to be chicken themed. So Craterlakechick it is. Avitar is my hen Olivia, she is my comic relief chicken
Okay, so I looked this question up. Because I have a hen that has been sitting on the nest all day, and we got rid of the Rooster about 8 months ago if not more. For some reason all my hens like to lay in the same nest...they have 5. And she has kicked everyone out. So can a hen get broody...
I have flock of 5 hens that are about 1 year old. I am trying to introduce 2 new chicks that are about 4 months old. A couple of the older hens are not having it. And are giving the chicks a real hard time.
I was told to put the new ones in the coop at night, and they will just wake up, like...