I just lost a hen. When I let them out this morning, she came out of the coop but hardly ate any treats and her tail feathers were at an angle not straight back. She was fine yesterday. Just curious about what could have caused her to die and making sure it can’t affect my other chickens...
My hens, RIR and BSL just started laying this week. Exciting! But now those hens forage like it's their last time. I feed them layer crumbles but they aren't eating it like they used too. Is this normal or are they lacking some vitamins? Thanks for all your help!
Got my first egg today! So excited!
After losing 4 to raccoon in August 2016, waiting several months before buying anymore, I finally have my first egg!
A few weeks ago I went out to the coop to let out my 4 babies, and found them mutilated in the coop. My question is this...how do you ever get over this and try to raise more? I think I have figured out how they got in but I have gone through wanting to chop up the coop in little pieces to...