Hi! Welcome to BYC! Love your coop! I have a Buckeye, I don't know if they all have a similar personality, but mine is sweet and at the same time crafty, quick, and wild-ish. While the other hens take their time to lay an egg, she runs in, drops the egg in a second and runs back out to have fun...
Beautiful photo! None of mine will come out on the paths/area we spend time snowblowing for them. I open the run door and they all sit in a row in the open doorway 🤔😆
Thats great she is still doing well!! Also like you, my wounded chicken is our favorite. The friendliest and sweetest personality so I understand...Here’s photos to show you how good and fast she healed up. The first photo was About 2 days in, i was too traumatized to think to take a photo It...
One of my hens had a large super deep wound all the way to the fascia and muscle, it looked awful! (Rooster scratched her and she bled, then the rest cannibalized her). I thought she would not survive but I took the advice on BYC of the Vectericyn spray and neosporin original, morning and night...
I read it- it’s true! I have a chicken name! 🥰😂
One thing they didn't mention, is how they scold/guilt trip me. For instance, when I can’t let them out to free range, and they see me out side they all make a deep sound like, oooooooo youre in trouuuuuubbbbbbllleeee 😆
Hi! I started in June 2019 and have a similar set up! I think I got my first egg in September, my Barred Plymouth Rock was first to lay an egg. I have 7 hens, 1 Plymouth Rock, 1 Dominique, 1 Easter Egger, 1 New Jersey Giant, 1 Buckeye, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 1 Blue black splash Orpington.
Hi Everyone! I am new to keeping chickens and new to Maine as well. So far so good on both counts! There have been some issues, but nothings ever problem free, right? (One of the pullets was a cockerel, a few injuries, and construction of the run )... We got 8 mail order chicks in June, built a...