Close call today. As I was cleaning the run and watering the chickens a huge hawk I think or maybe even an eagle swooped down right behind me where the chickens were scratching around. When I heard the chickens squawking, I turned around and saw this humungus bird flying away. I didn't see a...
The thing is Juggler, she is in th emiddle of her molt, (feathers now from her back and chest) and hasn't laid an egg in weeks. Hoping she is ok. She still gets very excited to eat the bugs when I am gardening, so she is acting ok. I am fairly new to this chicken keeping and probably getting...
My RIR Rosie is well into her first molt, she is 1 1/2 years old. She hasn't laid in egg in some time and is not interested in the calcium. I have upped her protein intake. This morning she laid and egg without a shell. Has this happened to anyone else?
OK so I have this RIR that is about 1.5 years old. I know I should be expecting molt. I don't see lots of missing feathers or anything, but she stopped laying eggs and is not interested in crushed oyster shell or egg shell. I she experiencing and EASY molt?
So sorry about your girls, Debby. I hope they show up. My Millie went missing one evening and came home the next afternoon. Hope the something happens for you. Heartbreaking.
I boiled the little shell-less egg to feed it to the girls this morning. It was perfect except no shell! Found it in the middle of the coop. not in a nesting box. I was gone all day so they resisted eating it for the day. I love my ladies!
I have two new bared Plymouth rocks. Maybel has laid 3 eggs... last week. One was in the run, the others in the nest. Nothing since. Anyone else have a girl tease you with a few eggs, then slacking? Could it be the heat?
Recently I bought two point of lay Plymouth Barred Rocks. Maybel began laying eggs in the nest last week. She laid two, took a day off and then laid 4. She hasn't laid an egg for three days now! Anyone know what gives?
Here is a picture of my new coop. I have a 20 x25 fence around it as a run, plus the small, covered run you see in the picture. The girls spent the first night last night in it together. It was so cute to see them all together on the roosting bar when I went out for beak count...
Last week I introduced two new 6 month old hens to my existing two one year olds. There has been a lot of clucking, chasing and head pecking going on, and I have tried to stay out of it, mostly. I especially feel bad for poor little Alfalfa at the very bottom. She is not even red in the face yet...
A friend gave me one of his 1 year old RIR. Rosie is not sad anymore but agitated with the new girl. I just caught wind of a closed Facebook group that someone told me there was a post selling two chickens in the area. I messaged each of the administrators explaining my suspicions, and asking to...