Recent content by TayRae

How old is she? A year this spring so about a year and a half now. How long has she been laying? 8 months or so. Not too sure. What kind of feed are you feeding? Right now because I have two younger birds that aren't laying age I am feeding Gower pellets but I have oyster shells available.

Today I had an egg without a shell. I know this happens when the hen doesn't have enough calcium. I've added more oyster shells in the coop to rectify the issue and provided some plain yoghurt. My concern is that one hen was milfky lethargic. Not eating her favourite food (corn) and not too...

Here are some pics. Can't see my adjacent run in these pictures.

Hello I have plenty of hideouts... I put a closed dog crate inside the Run so this creates a barrier. I also have stumps and milk crates. The only space where they're modeling closed is in the coop which I have opened the whole side so so there are two entrances and exits. The only dangerous...

Thanks. I'm new here so I'm not to sure how all this works yet!

Hello all, I am newish to the chicken community and I have a really small flock and I'm having some trouble with introductions and I would like some advice. A year-and-a-half ago I endedI ended up gettinggetting a rescue chicken... Long story but I ended up having to get her two companions...

Hello Alex, Yes I'll add more photos in a couple weeks. I really hope (s)he is a she and just a fast developer.

Oh no! I don't know what to do. I can't have a rooster. I'll have to call the lady I got him from... I've bonded so has my family so the s is going to be rough... Happy introduction to backyard chickens!

I have the same breed and yours is a boy. See pic for a hen.

How do you know?

This is my first time with a silver laced Wyandotte and I'm wondering if somebody can tell me whether I have a pullet or a cockerel! She's supposed to be a poet but after I purchased her and got her home the breeder said it was really hard to tell so she couldn't be certain. I'm not allowed to...

I live in Canada so it's pretty cold here right now we're we're getting some days in the thirties but our nights are still dropping to just below double digits. Right now my heat light is turned off for them but I bring them inside at night due to the drop in temperature. The chicks have little...

Thank you so much for the information. Switching my laying hens to a grower ration wouldn't hurt them? Does it have all the vitamins and nutrients they need to make an egg? I'll look into an all flock ration. None of my local feed stores have mentioned that.

Hello I'm new to the chicken community and I have I a rather small flock, four hens to be exact. I started my chicken flock when I found a chicken in the woods, believe it or not, so I rescued her. There are no forms in the community and when I call the SPCA conservation in my area they said it...