My girls are laying steadily, which is excellent. This afternoon I went out after the last one was out of the nest box and collected three eggs--one per chicken. Just a little while ago, I let them out to wander the yard for a while. I was watching my blue wyandotte and easter egger battle over...
Hi BYCers,
My blue wyandotte has been acting strange. Normally she's disinterested in being held, very active in scratching about and running around the yard. The last few days she's increasingly spending all her time in the nest box. She's lost weight -- I don't know how much, but it's...
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
Either my Blue wyandotte or my SLW. Both started laying this week, both are approx. 6.5 months old. Don't know weight, but they're still growing, seem normal weight.
2) What is the...
We have three (heretofore lazy, freeloading) chickens at my house. The SLW, who we think is about 5-7 days older than the others, has been squatting for a few days. Just now I went outside to say hi, and my blue wyandotte popped a squat! She looked and sounded so surprised! I came running in the...