One of my hens(I have 5) was sitting on some eggs yesturday. I gather my eggs everyday. Today I had 4 eggs and 1 larger then normal. The egg was rubbery and flat with something in it. It smelled horrible. Does anyone know what it was?
I have a silkie rooster with a polish rooster. When they were put together the polish hat was younger than the silkie. I didn't know the sex of either. In a separate bigger run I have a frizzeled rooster and 5 buff hens. The Frizzell will come after us if we go in the run. I noticed the polish...
I have a run big enough for four people to fit in and the coop is 4 feet high and 4 foot wide. Connecting the two is a small run aprox 5ft by 3ft There are 5 hens and a frizzeled rooster together . I was on vacation for a week and the sitter filled the food dish with scratch instead of crumbles...
I recently lost a hen and I think she could have been egg bound. I had 2 silkies and did not no the sex. I started to get a egg once or twice a month but didn't know who it was. My husband found one of the chickens dead. I never received another egg after she passed so the other is a rooster...
I have a buff orpington who has gone broody and has been sitting on 3 eggs for 2 weeks. I am new to this behavior and to hatching chicks. I have 5 buffs and a frizzeled rooster in the same run. If the eggs hatch will the others hurt the chicks? I have a separate coop with one silkie hen...
I am contemplating on getting a turkey. I know nothing about them. I have 5 buff orpington hens and a nasty frizzeled rooster. Can I safely add a adolescent turkey to the bunch? Does the same rule apply that I need more than one? Thanks
Not sure if this is the right tread to post this in. I have a frizzeled rooster that is jut under a year old. Whe we walk into the coop he lunges at us feet first. Can his nails be trimed?