We thought maybe she was taking a break because the photoperiod changed. She started laying in the same nest that everyone else has been using and I haven't seen her nesting anywhere else in the yard. We'll see if she starts laying again but it has been almost a week now so it is kind of concerning.
Our beautiful, yet moody, ancona hen started laying several weeks ago for the first time. She has produced at least one egg everyday since (as far as i know, my husband also helps collect eggs). He told me that our Ancona has not laid a single egg in the last 4 days. I thought it was odd because...
I have a flock of 7 birds that we got in April from the hardware and ranch supply store. The first to lay was my red sex-linked. She started laying smaller eggs than ones you'd buy at the store or at any stand for that matter. She was about 16 weeks old when she started laying her eggs, but it...
This is my newest girl, Sunny-side. She is new to the flock so she is still pretty shy but so beautiful. I can tell she will be very friendly once she settles in because she let me hold her without complaints when we picked her up from the breeder. And she makes the cutest sounds.
I'm new to the whole backyard chicken hobby, but so far I love it way more than I initially thought I would. My husband and I recently moved to NoCo from Texas for the beauty, and because my hopes are to attend CSU's vet school, but I am in no hurry that is for sure!
We found a cute little...