We recently discovered several of our hens are missing most of their feather on their belly only. They seem healthy otherwise. Checked for mites, didn't see any at all but will check this evening, while they are roosting, to see if we can find any.
Can anyone give us some idea's as to what...
Thanks for your advise! I went ahead and threw them out even though they didn't smell bad. Just to be on the safe side! It is strange though, that's for sure!
Currently we only have 4 egg layers. The rest will begin laying late Summer. We also do not have roosters.[/B][/B][/B] We do have a chicken who has been laying on some eggs but we replace them with plastic ones as soon as we can I collect eggs every few days tops! They then go right into the...
We have fresh eggs from our chickens that we usually put in the frig after a couple of days. Three at the most. Our weather is fair on the west coast. I went to hard boil some eggs and several of our small Americauna eggs floated to the top. I decided to do a float test on all of our eggs...
Is it normal for one week old chicks to fly?
I have eleven one week old Black Sex Links, in our dining room. They are in a nearly two feet high box. Oh and they do have a nice inferred heat lamp attached to the box. I've done the moving the lamp up and or in different locations if I can see...