Just wanted to share how sweet my girls are. I have five sexlinks, three red and two black. They are all friendly, a few more than the others. The one on my lap is Love. She also loves to jump on my back when I kneel down. Her sister there is Brave.
One of my chickens has started jumping on my back when I kneel down by them. She started by first coming up to me and pecking at my shirt then started jumping on me. She will peck at my hair and wipe her beak on me. I find it very cute, of course. Is she trying to be dominant? She is the...
I had one chicken eat the very first egg that she laid. I believe what happened is she laid it in the rocks and it cracked. I have not had an eaten egg since.
I have five sexlink hens and love them so much. I never thought I would feel this way about chickens, haha. Their personalities are so unique. I have one that one day somehow got out of my gate. I went outside and saw her trying desperately trying to squeeze back in. Then the other day I...
My chickens are about 18 weeks now. One started laying two weeks ago and then it looked like another got in to the mix. I say this because I found two in one day. I was getting an egg every other day. Then the last few days nothing. When I let them out of the coop yesterday morning, one was...
I bought some of the oyster shell to feed my chickens. So far they pick it up and drop it on the ground, as if the pieces are too big. Dos anyone else have this issue? I did not see any oyster shell with smaller pieces at the feed store.
I hope they do! One my hens has become quite friendly. I like to kneel by them and talk to them and they all hang around me. One of them has started walking behind me and pecking at my clothing.
Yesterday, I was kneeling down rinsing out the dog water bowl. She came behind me and jumped on...