Has anyone ever heard their hen bark? Two of my hens did not go into their coop lastnight and around midnight my husband woke up to what he thought was a dog barking in our backyard. He retrieved the flashlight and went out to the corner of the house and found our two hens. The marans was...
I have an Ameraucana (not an EE) who is almost that exact same color. The only difference is she has a dark brown head and a blue beard. I think she is absolutely beautiful. She is from a wheaten blue rooster and a mahogany hen. We have just been calling ours a blue wheaten for lack of a...
My two bantams were in a coop when my d'uccle was taken. I put Bob in a cage in the garage for safe keeping and some quiet to heal. I double-checked my coops for the bigger birds and they are all secure. I think it might have been a raccoon -- it busted in through one of the sides.
My hubby...
I went out this morning to feed my fluffy butts and my little d'uccle girl is gone. I searched the entire yard for her and she isn't anywhere
Not only that but my bantam roo, Bob, is injured. His right wing is shredded, he is limping and he is barely eating. He must have put up a good...
I agree that you need to send Doodle to freezer camp. I have a 5 y/o daughter and a 2 y/o son and if my roo went after either of them the way you described he would be gone in a heartbeat. One of our local mail carriers was recently attacked by a feral rooster while delivering to a local...
Are you sure you don't have an ostrich hiding somewhere in your coop? I can't believe that egg came from a chicken! The poor girl who laid that deserves some extra treats today.
I am fairly new to chickens, but I am positive that you have a rooster there. My SLW hen is the same age and her comb and wattles are barely developed. Also, with the SLW roos they tend to have an abundance of white on the wings where the hens have more lacing. He is a good-looking bird!
My mom was raised on a farm in rural Oregon (she was born in 1933) and they would order 500 chicks (RIR and White Leghorns) every spring. They let them forage and fed them some of the grains from the crops they raised. They were the main source of meat for the family for the year.
We currently have 3 separate coops and I don't close any of them. It is just too hot here in Florida, even at night. Though the coops are well-ventilated I think it would just get too stuffy. We do have raccoons and opossums around here, but I have the added benefit of having a guard goose...
My husband and I originally agreed on only 2 chickens. We came home w/5. I then had to return one of them and came home w/3. I love chicken math! To make a long story short, we now have 2 adult laying hens and 13 chicks. We bought our first chicks at the end of April.
I have to say I am...
Since we are so hot here in Florida . . . I gave them chilled watermelon, tomatoes and cold mac n' cheese! The mac n' cheese is their absolute favorite!