My 2 yr old RIR hen, our long-time favorite, suddenly has started pecking at and chasing my fourteen year old daughter, who has always picked up her, taken her on swing rides, fed her, and cared for her. The flock went through some changes this summer that left Red distraught and she stopped...
I have two hens, a Black Australorp and a Rhode Island Red, who are just over 2 years old and who have been laying very watery eggs for the past few months. They lay pretty regularly and the exterior of the eggs appear normal, although just this past week the Australorp's eggs have had slight...
Hi, first post for us. We have a 4 week old Ameraucana, we think silver and we suspect male--and we're hoping that those of you in-the-know will be able to give us some feedback. She's bigger, a bit louder, and definitely more aggressive than our other two chicks of the same age (a Rhode...