What the hell. I don't care if a chicken goes broody to practically dehydrate and not feed a living thing is abuse and any person who think that they should do this is are cruel people who have no right raiding animals
The golden one is too dark to be a buff orpington so I would say comet for sure but, I could be wrong. Quick question did the white one have black spots all over it when it was a chick. If so it could be a Plymouth Rock
Hey I have an EE Pullet who I am 98% sure is a Pullet that is not laying. She is 6 months old now and the rest of the flock including another EE who is laying. Is there any perticular reason for this. I did the test of the pelvic bones to see if they were spreading far enough for an egg to go...
I had a Pullet who was 2 months younger then my flock to this day she is very skiddish, and still avoids the other chickens but not to the same degree she used to. You have to let them get beat up for a little while. It's not a fun process but after pecking order is established it should stop...
I had a similar problem so I laced my chickens food everyday with calcium. Oyster shells smooshed egg shells anything with a lot of calcium. Ever since I've done this it has become impossible for them to break the shells. Sometimes they step on it, but since I did this they are less interested...
Ok I had the same problem 2 of my girls got into a habit of eating the occasional soft shelled egg. So I supplemented there diet with a crap ton of calcium. Oyster shells smooshed up egg shells I just lace there food with this every day. Ever since I have not had a problem because the eggs are...
As sad as this maybe it is Darwinism at work you could save it and have a story where you nure it to great health but sometimes things just die I'm sorry.