I'm in Los Angeles.
These two have started giving me trouble by not going back into the coop at night with the other chickens so I can shut them in against predators. Instead they fly up into a tree now, which makes it difficult. I even tried shutting them in the coop for three days...
I have a chicken coop with chickens and 2 Pekings--one male, one female. I have been getting almost an egg a day from her since she started laying in January. One week ago, she suddenly stopped laying altogether. She hasn't changed her behavior otherwise. She doesn't sit on the nest and I'd...
Thanks for the help. Here is a picture of the two 6-month-olds who don't seem to lay eggs yet. Does anyone know their breeds and what color eggs they are supposed to lay? Is the earlobe the bluish-white spot below and behind the eye on the side of the smaller one's head?
I have 7 hens. I am getting 2-4 eggs per day, some white, some brown. I want to know which egg comes from which hen to know which are laying how many eggs. Three of my hens are in their 3rd year, and I don't know if they have slowed down, and two of them I suspect haven't even started laying...