Well folks between the hens, not laying where they are supposed to, and coop issues my roo decided to add limping to the mess.
He is a large Americana (very handsome) and was a stray when he came to us. We've had him about 2-3 years now. Anyway he has been limping for the past week. I did not...
A couple of weeks ago, something got into the coop. We never could figure out what it was. Anyway the chickens have decided that the coop is not a good place to be. My husband checked it for holes, and easy/hard accesses, and fixed the holes he could find. But, the flock is still not wanting to...
My older hen is eating her own eggs. Now I don't want her going into the stew pot, nor do I want her teaching the others to start eating their eggs.
I noticed that her eggs (well the shell that's left) are very thin. We're thinking she is about 5 or 6 years old, we've only had her about 2...
I've been lurking for a while, mostly looking for information about how to break one of my hens from eating her own eggs. But, I decided y'all seem like good folk, and I decided to join y'all. So, hey from Dallas, Ga.
A little bit about myself.
Well, Dallas is an semi rural area, so we have a...