I noticed one of my hens equating in distress. She had a prolapse. I separated her from the flock, reinserted the prolapse, placed her in a crate with feed and water, and placed it in the basement. Checked on her the next day and and the area next to her vent was raw and the flesh is exposed...
We only have three hens so we don't buy massive quantities of food. I buy a 50# bag and store it in the bag in a metal garbage can with the lid on it on a covered porch. I have another can with a bag each of BOSS and 3 grain scratch. Oh yeah, I live in South Florida so humidity is a bit of an...
We went on vacation and while we were gone she started laying. Our's seem to lay about every 30 hours so we don't get an egg from each hen everyday. That's fine with me but I didn't know if this is normal. As they mature, will they lay every day?
We have the same issue. We have 3 amerucanas, one's a frizzle. They were all hatched the same day, Jan 31, 2010. Two are laying and one has yet to lay. These are our first chickens so I don't know all the terminology. The two laying have their tails up in the air and their combs are red...