Recent content by Jgrice

hey there! i’ve had hens for a few years now but just added a rooster to my flock of 7 hens. i’m doing it because i want chicks. i’ve never raised chicks or hatched eggs. how does this process work? how do i know which eggs are fertile? will the hen go broody naturally? what do i do once she...

Hey there, I have a chicken that is moving slow, not jumping up to the roost at night and not eating much during the day. She doesn’t seem sick or show any signs of sickness other than just being lethargic and abnormally slow to move around, has her tail down, etc. any ideas?

I’ve noticed a couple of my chickens are sneezing and having nasal discharge. They otherwise are acting normal, moving around a lot and eating/drinking like normal. It’s been about 2 weeks now, I’m sure it’s just circulating through the flock, but I’ve also noticed they aren’t laying as much as...

My chickens seem to only be sneezing at night. Otherwise they seem totally fine, should I be concerned? I don’t see any congestion or watery eyes or odd behavior

I went into the coop tonight and most of my hens were sneezing. They seemed fine otherwise. Is this something I should be worried about? Anything I can do to help if it’s a respiratory illness? my coop is very well ventilated and I recently cleaned it out, I change their water regularly, etc.

Okay, that’s helpful, thanks!

Hi there, I live in Texas and we are about to have below zero temps with blizzard like conditions. My coop is dry and ventilated, but I bought a heat lamp for them at night. It’s supposed to be -5 for a few nights in a row. is this a good idea? And it so, how far should I keep it from them so...

It’s really just a couple of roosting bars. Every time I’ve tried to put food up there they knock it down imediately. I did the same method of introduction I always do with my laying age hens - I put them in the coop with the others at night. Every other time it’s worked fine. I just don’t know...

Hey there, I just introduced two new hens to my flock. I have plenty of space, two different food and water stations set up, but one of the new hens just stays up on the roosting bar or on another high area away from the other hens to avoid getting pecked. She doesn’t seem to be even attempting...

Definitely white. She laid another blue egg yesterday!

Hey everyone! So I recently bought a leg horn/Easter Egger mixed hen. The lady I bought it from said that the hen laid blue eggs, but I have had this hen for about three months and all of her eggs have been white in color. Then, the other day, I went outside and noticed that she laid a very blue...

Is this just molting? She is about 1.5 years old and has been slowly losing these feathers since about September. It’s getting progressively more featherless. Any help is appreciated! She seems to be acting completely normal. Eating, laying eggs, not lethargic.

This is very helpful, thank you! Any recommendation on how to clean the eye? I’ve just been using warm water and a paper towel to wipe around it before I apply the terramycin.

I have a 4-5 month old Easter pullet (my fav chicken for sure), and recently my flock had a case of dry fowl pox. The Easter Egger got a few spots around her eyes, and because she has a really feathery face, they started getting so irritated that one of her eyes was almost swollen shut and had...

The reason I’m unsure if it’s a rooster is because it’s 6 months old. Doesn’t seem as developed as a rooster would be, but I don’t know