Recent content by miomama

My barred rock was waddling ever so slowly (kind of like she was constipated) this morning. So, I encouraged her to walk over to the nesting box with some treats. She didn't want to move, so I went to pet her and picked her up to move her to the box. When I looked down, there it was. A...

I don't think she is sick. She's very alert when I look at her. She'll look around and at me when I talk to her. She's just sitting there not wanting to come out. And its not hot here at this time of the year where I live so definitely not over heated.

I am 2 months new to keeping chickens. I have 2 pullets and 1 rooster. The pullets are around 16 weeks old ( i don't really know exactly because I bought them in a street market here in Mexico). Neither of the pullets have started laying yet. Anyways, the Barred Rock was out and about all...

Thank you everyone. Now to do some research on those breeds.

Hello, I'm three weeks new to raising chickens. I live in Mexico and I bought these from our weekly street market. The seller tells me that they will lay brown eggs but was not able to tell me anything that made sense in regards to the breed. Just this week, a friend tells me that the brown...

Thanks everyone for the welcome. I've had my camera ready since day one and have already taken a lot of pics. I'm going through them now to find the best ones so that I can get help identifying them. The dog doesn't seem to mind the new girls, but I discovered today that sometime during the...

Hello, New here and new to raising chickens. I live in Mexico with my husband and two boys and we just recently acquired three lovely 4 month old chicks. I'm not sure what breed they are but was told that they lay brown eggs. They get to free range all over our property but have decided that...