I'm not sure what is happening with my girls. I have 6 hens around a year old and recently got 6 other hens and put them all together in a new huge roomy coop and all the egg laying stopped! Not one egg out of 12 hens for a week! Any ideas as to what could be happening? Any help would be great!
So sadly I'm nearly 100% sure that somehow my little flock contracted newcastles disease. I've had 4 birds die in two weeks. I'm devastated. I have 16 left but am sure that most if not all may die. Any way I need to know the proper disposal method of these poor things. Any suggestions? Also, am...
I just acquired three new hens, a black sex link, an olive egger and an easter egger. These three had been raised together and I thought that introducing them to my existing flock would go okay. Wrong! My ladies beat up my new easter egger! She is terrified and I had to remove her! They picked...
Hello! I'm hoping someone can give me some input, I am new to chickens, 5 months and counting. I have a roomy coop with 8 birds right now and I am getting scared! About 4 weeks ago my beloved black copper maran began acting lethargic and suddenly died. I thought maybe it was just the...
The lady I purchased her from had her in deplorable conditions and in the sun in a small cage with no shade. Also with no other birds. Who knows. Maybe the bird is just a mean bird or maybe has been mistreated. All I know is she has attacked some of my other birds and came after my daughter (who...
I received this speckled sussex yesterday and was told it was a hen. It's the meanest most hateful bird on the planet. I'm hoping it's a hen otherwise it may be a Saturday night pot pie:D
I have never had a polish before and purchased my first one today. She is such a little love! So sweet and loves to be held but then I put her in her brooder with her integration partner and she won't get her face out of the corner! It's as if she is hiding! Any thoughts or suggestions?
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My beauty. She's about 20 weeks old now. I'm still waiting for her to lay. I'm new to chickens and have never owned a FBCM before so am not sure if her coloring is right or anything. All I know is she is sweet as pie!
Took me several tries but I got a few side pics of the body of my French black copper maran. What do you think? I still am not sure as to what line she hails from, I'm awaiting a response but am not sure if I'll get one. I plan on buying to from north woods poultry also, via air mail