Recent content by MrsGray1211

I agree, about 7-8 weeks. Ours are 8 weeks old and look about the same.

That’s exactly what I figured- I even said out loud “oh girls, if I pushed that from there, I’d bleed too” lol but just wanted to get others’ opinion to be sure!

Good morning! One of my ladies lays an extra large egg about once a week. I’m not sure who is doing it, unfortunately. I imagine it’s normal for an egg of this size, but is the blood on the shell normal? I looked around the coop and did not see any bloody droppings so I don’t think it’s...

I just looked up hard molt and I think maybe this is what she is going through. She is very cranky too ;) Thank you for this advice! I’ll just keep waiting and hope she gets back to normal soon.

No, this is the worst I’ve ever seen. I’ve only owned chickens for a little over two years but I’ve never had one of my girls look this naked :(

Will they molt twice in one year? She just went through molt a few months ago with my other girls. I spray for mites monthly when I deep clean the coop. I have inspected her and do not see any evidence of them. None of her coopmates are exhibiting signs of mites. I have always fed a 20% protein...

Good morning y'all! I have a hen who has become consumed with pulling her own feathers out! She is not eating them, as they are all over the coop. She is in a large coop with three other hens. I had her in my other coop with a rooster, I thought he was doing it to her so I put her with the...

I just hatched my first round of chicks! I did a photo shoot with them and put the photos to a video. Hopefully this is allowed but please let me know if not! Enjoy!

@SourRoses thank you! 🌹

Hey y’all! I have 7 3 day old chicks. Some are already getting wing feathers. One of the chicks is spending a lot of time preening one of her wings with the new feathers, almost like they are irritating her. I don’t see anything on her wing, it doesn’t appear irritated. Has anyone experienced...

Okay that makes perfect sense! Thank you!!

So, does this mean that my chicks will be a mix of both in one chick, like a hybrid breed? Or of my eight chicks, some will be RIR some will be Brahma? I forgot I have a Blue Orpington hen also that had eggs in the mix :D

Thank you! Yes, everyone hatched successfully! 7 are in the brooder, but one little girl (I'm hoping for hens so they are all girls at this point lol) was getting picked on. She is still in the incubator drying out. I felt like she needed a little more TLC. So it is normal sometimes for the...

Hey y’all! I’m incubating and hatching my first set of eggs! I set eight in my incubator, today is day 20. 4 have already successfully hatched, two more have pipped and I expect them to fully hatch in the next few hours. So far I have not had any problems! I have a couple questions though: 1)...

She looks just like my Shirley! I would say pullet based on her rounded hackle and sickle feathers.