Normally we get 9 - 13 eggs a day . Today it stormed, thundered, poured, lightning all day and I got a grand total of 1 egg and that 1 egg was from the chicken currently in the HOUSE in a rubbermaid tub due to dog injuries on her bum. Granted they were big storms , but I've never had a ZERO...
Neighbour has a bunch of dogs ( 4) pitt father, terrier mother , 2 offspring grown, which escaped their yard today . I saw them surrounding the chickenyard and started screaming dog! and me and the boys barreled for coop. One of our chickens is a persistant escape artist despite docked feathers...
...above the right shoulder, 5 week old chick has a lump that is almost the size of a ping pong ball , part of it is bald , yellow looking , firm . Looks like possibly an abcess . Thinking about trying to lance it to see if it is and would drain. Other possibilty could be a tumor? Would a chick...
4 hatched yesterday , 1 more today and 1 more egg peeping and half open tonight . Dad buff orp, momma's BO? RIR? BA? We don't know, was a mixed pile of all 3 breeds eggs , but they all looked like dad so far !
He's 8 weeks old and looks like a doof . Doesn't even have full wing feathers yet ,and just a few shoulder and tail " sprouts " and the girls have looked like little adults for weeks. When do the roo's finish feathering out ? He's a buff orp , if breed matters , for when he gets full feathers.