My sweet chicken is turning mean! She just started laying yesterday, and made a big deal of out her egg today. Tonight she's not eating her favorite food and she's pecking at me and attacking the other hen. What's the deal? Is she going through hormonal mood swings? Is there any way to deter a...
Hi there! We started this crazy chicken thing on Easter Sunday when we brought home a newly hatched chick who wasn't doing well with the rest of the chickies. We fell in love, decided it needed friends, and poof! We became backyard chicken people. :) This site has been a wonderful source of...
We had the same experience! I found a little brown egg in the coop... opposite from the nesting box and cracked. :( We are soooo excited that one of our girls is finally laying-- I hope she figures out how to do it in the box tomorrow!