Wow! What a great website! Thank you so much for your help. We live in the California Bay Area. 20 miles east of San Francisco. She is 18 weeks old and hasn't started laying yet. A white Rock. We got her because we wanted a bird that was good with overnight lows in the 30's and 40's for...
Oh, thank you so much!! Hmmm... how can I tell if she's broody? She is a White Rock and was introduced to the first two 1 week late. Once the Rooster left, she stepped up as the top hen.
advice needed. We raised three chicks as first timers. One tuned out to be a rooster who we couldn't keep and sent to a rescue farm. The second..just passed away suddenly. Likelihood is that she passed away from heat stroke. We're very sad to lose her, but now we have one sweet girl left! What...