I'm looking for insight into the egg-laying behavior of one of my hens - a two-year-old RIR. For the first year of her life, she laid like a champ, but this spring through now her egg-laying has been almost non-existent. Is this a reproductive system problem?
She has gone several weeks without...
Both of these guys/gals were born near the beginning of April, so they're about 12 weeks old now. I received them from my friend who has a variety of breeds, and there's no way to tell who their parents are! The light brown one is a bantam variety, but I'm not at all sure what the heritage of...
Two days ago I got my first chickens, and I'm so excited! While I don't envision them becoming pets in a strict sense, I do want to be able to easily handle them and get them back in the coop if need be. Right now they seem terrified (which doesn't seem unreasonable; they are in a strange new...