Just got 4 new pullets to add to the 3 two year old hens we already have (they should start laying in the next few weeks, as they are almost as large as my established girls). They have been together for about 5 days-i have attempted to ease the new girls in by letting them all out to...
well, thats what i was kind of hoping for instead of some infectious disease-if she was, is it weird that there was no part of the shell that came out? I know that i did not massage anywhere near hard enough to break an egg if it was in there-wasn't really massaging as was more kind of gently...
Have a 1 1/2 yr. old sexlink. This evening my 11yr. old son noticed she was hunkered down in the run, with her feathers fluffed up and her eyes 1/2 shut. When he tapped on the wire to see if she was OK, she didn't respond. i went in the run and got her up-she immediately went to the water...