Good day all,
I have a rather odd situation happening here. We had 2 laying hens. Our Red is 8months+ and lays everyday! However, our barred rock, 6 months, is apparently on egg strike. I am aware that hens slow in the winter, but stop all together? They are both healthy, eating, drinking, and...
Hi all, here in New Mexico were are at the begining of a cold snap. Tonight the temp is dipping in the low 20's, which I'm not to worried about. However, tomorrow nights low is 2. I have 3 hens whose sleeping quaters are roughly 4ft wide, 2ft deep, 2ft tall. No heat lamp. I installed a...
Hi everyone. We are looking for advise for trimming our girls wings. They don't even try and fly/jump out of the yard but we are afraid they will. I recieved some advise to clip about an inch of feather from one wing, skipping the first 3 or 4 feathers. Is this the correct method?
Thank you in...
In need of advise. We have 2 laying hens. A Rhode Island, who is 8 months, and a Barred Rock, 6 months. Yesterday as the Rhode Island was laying the Barred Rock proceeded to yank her out of her laying box by the comb. Tearing it a bit and causing it to bleed. The younger Barred Rock picked on...