The rest of this post I wrote yesterday. Today Rosie's foot pad is slightly swollen and warm. I didn't see any sign of cut or lesion.
My Buff Orpington, Rosie, about 10 months old, started laying in December and has given us about an egg a day since. Last week she started to get broody, even...
Last year I saw plans for an inexpensive water heater for my chickens on the forum pages. The whole project only cost me about $2.50 and it works fantastic.
All you need is:
a large cookie tin
an outdoor socket and plug ($2.50 at the local hardware store)
metal snips
40 watt light bulb (25...
Hi Everyone,
I have a Buff Orpington and a Speckled Sussex. They are 21 weeks now and I just switched them to layer feed, even though they have not started laying yet.
Two questions:
1- Should I have waited to switch them until they started laying ?
2- I live in CT and it is getting cold and...
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Submit a picture of your chicken's butt!
When my son was little he always use to try to catch me by asking "Guess what?". If I was unusually bleary that morning, I would forget and say "What?" He would then scream "CHICKEN BUTT!" and run off laughing at my foolishness for getting...
Hi! I'm from CT and am trying to do all my homework on raising chickens before I get started. This seems like an informative and friendly site so I couldn't help but join.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I don't have any chickens yet. I am doing my research...