so I wouldn’t be able to sell it because it’s not allowed or because no one would buy them? We would keep them if they were ladies but if it’s male we couldn’t keep it
I have a silkie cockeral and a bantam hen and I was wondering if it’s ok to breed them in my backyard. We already are prepared for chicks and have heat lamps and incubators as we’ve had them before.
Just wondering if it’s ok,
From Sophia
My chickens have been sat down like this I’ve noticed during the day . They got lots of free roam in the garden and then stay in their new run for the rest of the time . Just curious thats all . :)) is this normal behaviour?
I struggled to take it ! But it shows how red it is, also about the coop it is quite big but we are making a new to fit the new chicks . The coop is fine tho ,
We don’t have curtains on out nest boxes, but she doesn’t lay there anyway she lays when she’s out free roaming in our garden with the other 4 . ( I have one broody hen who stays in the nest all day) and yes they get loads of oyster shell. We originally started with 3 loham brown hens from...
I have a hen who only lays shell-less eggs and I’ve tried everything ! (
Any ideas?
recently I’ve noticed her vent area is beetroot red and lacking feathers .
one of our other hens started pecking at her Vent and chasing her when she realised she was about to lay and then gobbles up the egg ...