No they crawl under the male and it was funny the first couple of times they did it he jumped in the air cause he didn’t know what they were doing. Now he just kinda looks down at them and just stands there
Thank you ridgerunner your input was greatly appreciated. The big German shepherd we have can’t get into the coop and their “roaming domain” (lol) has a six foot game fence surrounding it. She’s pretty good about not letting anything close even outside the fence and she loves her chickens, their...
Thanks guys…..the nature wise I use is 16% and I just love it. I’ve never smelled chicken feed so fresh and it’s like that every time and the hens love it. I can sometimes tell whose laying and whoae not from the egg color. I’ve got another egger and an amber link close to getting ready to lay...
Hi everyone. I really should be on here a lot more as much as I live this site and the emails and I’m really trying. But right now I have to ask for help. I have some beautiful hens and I love them all BUT….something is up with the laying…..
Roster:
8 Easter Eggers - 1-3 years old
2 Speckled...
Hi folks…..have a question….I have a female Sussex about two years old…she’s always been your normal beautiful Sussex color……UNTIL, just recently I noticed she has “gray feathers” on her chest….don’t mean to pick favorites but her name is “big Betty” and ya she’s been special to me….is there a...
“Did you see it”
“Ya I saw it”
“She has it in the white bucket again”
“Ya I know”
“What do we do ?”
“ same plan….you walk up, look cute but limp a little. She’ll put the bucket down. Then you walk over looking concerned. I’ll sneak up behind and empty the bucket”
She is and she makes these sounds that I’ve never heard from a chicken before…😂…I had to look up cause I thought I had a blue jay in the tree …..thanks
So….this town is small enough to where folks around here know everybody. I got a call from a local bank asking if I could help cause there was a loose chicken in the parking lot and their customers were afraid it would get hit. Apparently it had been there a couple days. So I caught her and...