Recent content by JBD

I recently lost two hens - one was egg bound and the other died of unknown causes after stopping laying for about three weeks. We are left with one wonderful friendly rhode island red who is a marvelous layer. i am just worried she's going to be lonely as chickens are supposed to be in flocks...

I have (had) a very small flock of three chickens, all different breeds, all getting along well and laying beautifully. Yesterday it was my buff orpington's day to lay an egg (I keep a chart and have observed each chicken has a laying pattern so I can pretty much predict who will lay an egg on...

Last Spring I bought several chicks of different breeds including an Ameraucana who developed a cross beak. I didn't notice it for several months. The veterinarian said that had we caught it when the chick was very young (and yours might be young enough) it might have been correctable with...

We have four pullets, a rhode island red 9brown eggs), a buff orpington (brown eggs), a double tufted rumpless araucana (blue eggs) and an EE Ameraucana (blue eggs) They are all the same age (now 7 months old) Oct 31, I started getting brown eggs. For the first week I was getting 1 egg every...

I have an Ameraucana with a bad scissors beak. Unfortunately (and as is always the case) of my four (different breeds) chickens, this one loves me and rushes over to be picked up and patted every time she has the opportunity. A bird vet trimmed and filed it down about a month ago and you can...

I have a cross beaked ameraucana chick about 5 weeks old. She started out with only a slight cross but since her top and bottom beak is not in alignment, the top is growing longer and hooked. So far, she is eating and drinking without a problem but I am worried about the excessive growth. I have...