Hello! First off thanks for reading this and hopefully trying to help me and my hen McNuggets (mr boyfriend named her). Recently McNuggets has been losing some feathers and laying few eggs. After doing some research I figured she is most likely molting and have been making an effort to give her...
She should be about 5 months based on what I was told but I don't super trust the woman I bought her from. (But that's another whole story) Does that sound right based on how she looks? And good to know she looks like a she!
Hello! I'm pretty new to this whole chicken raising thing. I have 2 easter eggers and 2 sex links. One of the sex links is still young and not yet laying eggs. I she, named Ducky, may be a rooster .... mostly based on her (his?) behavior. I've been looking into how to tell the gender but I'm...
Update: I now have the new hen set up with everything she needs in a dog crate up against the edge of the run on the chicken coop the other girls are in. I am nervous about trying to put her back in with the larger hen but I don't want her to have to live in the dog crate too long. How do I know...
Hi all! This is my first post and I'm also new to having hens all together.
I purchased 3 hens on Wednesday - one fully grown and 2 about 4-5months old from a local woman who raised them in her yard. They have been doing really well and today I decided to add one more to the flock as I feel my...