Don’t know when she laid her last egg we have 3 more buff Orpingtons in the flock. No soft shell eggs though we make sure she has oyster shells available to all the birds
My one year old buff Orpington was severely overheated yesterday evening. She was very lethargic. It has been extremely hot in Southeast Louisiana. She felt very hot. brought her inside poured some cool water on her and then I put ice in the water and soaked her in it for a little while to get...
My hen has something white in her eye and
Constantly opening her mouth. The whole flock just got their second dose of worming medicine Monday. What could be the problem in her eye?
I think I may be wording this wrong. Let me start over. I have a hen The rooster mounted her many times. I saw it happen. In the last three days she has laid three eggs. She is not sitting on them. I don’t know if they’ve been fertilized or not, since the rooster mound in her many times. Will...
I have been raising baby chicks for 10 years now but never had a rooster breeding with a hen. My hen was broody till I brought rooster to mate with her. She had laid 2 eggs now and won’t sit on them. Maybe because she knows they’re not fertile? Why won’t she sit on them?