Hi everyone! So, I have three hens. Up until recently, my New Hampshire Red, Piper, was always the leader of the flock, but it seems as if she has been bumped down to the bottom, and now my Sicillian Buttercup, Maple, is flock leader. It's strange that she is now the leader because she is very...
soooooo, i got a super duper small egg! my girls eggs are usually quite large, so this petite egg kinda worries me. its about the size of....hmmm...in terms of height its about an 1 1/2 inches tall and 1 inch wide, but im bad with measurement so i could be wrong. what does a super small egg...
So, my family is thinking of moving to Brooklyn, and I own a book about owing chickens in cites, but I wanted to know if there is anyone out there who has secret flocks!
We would have a house with a backyard of course, and only hens. I have 4 hens now, and they would come with us. So, is there...
One of my favorite girls, Olive, disappeared last night. She is a smaller bird, who probably would not have put up a very good fight. So, every night, once it gets dark out, we lock all of our chickens in the secure part of their coop. So even if animal digs a hole under the run it still can't...
So my family eats organic, healthy and all-natural food. I'm a vegan. Our cats and dogs eat raw meat. Our rats eat scraps from the table. Our parakeets and cockatiels get natural bird seed. So as you might have guessed, food quality is important to us. At the moment (and for a while now...) I'm...
I just let my small flock of hens out, and noticed that my 1 yr old new hampshire red, Piper, pooped blood. I was not sure if it was blood at first, so i looked in the inside part of their coop, and there is blood and poop mixed together all over! She seems a bit lethargic, and is not eating...
My hen, Olive, has a swollen crop. We have already taken her to the vet, and he said to give her 2 full syringes of safflower oil everyday. This is supposed to clear everything out of her crop that is stuck in there. Apparently, there is to much grit in her crop? I'm not sure. She is about 1...