I have 5 girls and 3 have been laying for about a month now. The birds that are laying have their butts covered in poo. Anyone else experience this? Is this normal??
Hello from OK. My husband and I decided to get chicken about a year ago. After building the coop, we were anxious to get some chicken to live in it and enjoy our .20 acre in the middle of Tulsa. Our first 5 chicks were rhode island reds. We got them knowing that they were straight run chicks but...
As new chicken people, my husband and I were excited to get our 5 new pullets last April. Since we live inside city limits we are only allowed up to 6 hens and roos are not permited. The funny part of this story became evident to us about three months after we had the "girls" when they decided...