Well I don't know how much she has laid before I got her three weeks ago and shes supposed to be a year and a half but ever since I've had her its been tiny no yolks, her sister has huge ones.
Yes it is hot here I did collect an egg this morning so she was working on one the other hen was doing it today so we will see what tomorrow brings. Thanks :-)
O my goodness yes I love my chickens to death for some reason the hen house is my favorite place in the world when I am in there all of my stress and or troubles of the day just fade away (my family calls me the crazy chicken lady lol) I could sit and watch them for hours I swear. Oh did you...
I would suggest removing the bullies not the chicks as that should knock them down the ladder and when you reintroduce them in a few days they will be to busy regaining their place in the pecking order to worry about the little ones. My Grandpa always said that new chicken additions to an...
Okay so I have about 12 pullets that are about four months old and 8 that are varied younger ages. So three days ago I picked up two white leghorn laying hens, they are about a year old and were in with the meanest roo I have ever met. So I brought them home and put them in a little space...
The top two pics look very much like mine a tad smaller. Mine are 4 months cross red (lighter one) and Rhode Island red (darker). The one with red and white may be a Red Sex-link. In any case they're all some good looking chick's :D
This is probably late but my Grandpa(poultry farmer) says that cracklings will get a non laying chicken laying and give you double yolks in the ones that are.