Thank you for the sugar water / electrolyte advice!
I've added some hydralite tabs to their waterer and noticed that the 2 hens that had run off to hide have both laid eggs this morning.
I'll keep an eye on their laying for a while, as I know stress can disrupt things.
I'd already put a whole...
Hi.
A fox got to our chooks around 5:15am today. We had 4 hens, 3 Australorps and a bantam. I woke up to a ruckus and the fox did a runner, but not before one hen was killed and 2 others went missing.
Over the course of 2-3 hours the two missing hens made an appearance (I think they'd hidden...
We've had chooks since Nov/Dec 2017, currently have 2 black Australorps and one lavender/white bantam 'not an Aracuna because it has a tail, but it lays blue eggs so???'
Favourite part of having hens is their bizarre personalities and the way they look permanently indignant.
We're also...