I suspect my new adopted hen has a broken leg or something because the people we got them from were very rough with them and she would freak out if anyone comes near her and her bone that goes right down the chest moves and sounds like it crunches 😟her nails were SUPER long but wore down a...
I let mine file there nails down naturally we recently got 4 new hens in HORIBLE condition bald patches everywhere one had no tail and there nails were curled because they were so overgrown it was like they had never been outside so I just let them out and they start scratching and scratching...
I was going to let my hens out today and when I went to check all there poop to see what I had to clean I saw what looked to be an egg just cracked open no shell or anything! Is this poop? I went to open the hen house at 5:30 so I can’t see how it’s an egg.
So we had 4 hens before and we wanted some ones that already started laying so we went to a feed store that was selling them (didn’t know age or breed) and we got 2 laying hens all we know is that there bantams and there laying. From the start I didn’t know you were supposed to quarantine them...
So we had 4 hens before and we wanted some ones that already started laying so we went to a feed store that was selling them (didn’t know age or breed) and we got 2 laying hens all we know is that there bantams and there laying. From the start I didn’t know you were supposed to quarantine them...
The first photo is where they all are now and the whole thing is the 2nd. I was thinking of putting a towel down or something so she can sleep on the caged area below.
We recently bought A few hens and the store all wet bantams but we wanted a normal size one so we asked them and they told us she would just me a regular sized laying hen… well turned out she was a Cornish cross 😂 we are never going to eat her she’s on a restricted feed and always free-ranges...
We just got 2 laying hens unknown breed unknown age but when we got them one was bare backed with feathers missing on the neck and both of them have feathers that look weird and I wonder if it’s from being pecked? Any other reasons it would be like that?
We just got 2 laying hens unknown breed unknown age but when we got them one was bare backed with feathers missing on the neck and both of them have feathers that look weird and I wonder if it’s from being pecked? Any other reasons it would be like that?