My ladies have just started laying regularly (off and on for about a month) and this week I found fresh blood on the side of one of the nesting boxes with a clump of bloody mucous, goo stuff. I can't find any blood on any of the hens, nor do they seem to have any unusual behavior. They are still...
A couple of days ago I came home to find that the RIR hen I adopted from my sister had lost a lot of feathers that were all over the run. I first thought that some of the other hens were responsible as she is the "newbie" and the pecking order was still being established, although there were no...
I have been trying to find a design for a chicken tractor that is large enough for six hens, light enough for me to move by myself, and withstand the 45 mph winds we get here sometimes. We just had a windstorm yesterday and my latest project did not stand up to the wind! The run is in pieces...
I am looking for someone to take pity on me and Mac, a very handsome young Barred Rock. He was in with the pullets that I got this spring (see, isn't he smart?) but really do not want fertilized eggs. So, I am looking for a home for him. He is protective of his girls, but not mean. I can...