I have a white leghorn that is 8 or 9 months old. I got her when she was a few months old - no comb or facial features - she looked like a pidgeon. Anyway she is fully mature now and carries on like my other 2 hens before they lay eggs. She will sit on the nest for an hour or more, but has...
My chickens obviously have chick ticks or chick fleas that have gravidated to my Brittany Spaniel, Sassy. She has these really small fleas on her belly that I cannot remove. I have tried tweezers to no avail. I finally sprayed her belly with Frontline Flea Spray even though she gets the K9...
Being new in this chicken business, I was given 5 chickens and told they were 4 hens and 1 rooster. 2 of the hens do lay eggs but the other 2 did not. They are 6 months old. One began to crow the other morning and I asked the question on this site and was told that sometimes hens will crow...
I heard a strange crowing this morning unlike any of my roosters - 4 bantys and one a bit bigger. This sounded like a much larger bird, with a very deep voice crowing. I went out to the back yard and waited and it was one of my 2 dominecker hens, or at least I was told was a hen. He (she) is...
I am totally new to all of this about chickens. I have 2 out of my 5 hens that are mature enough to lay eggs. They lay them on the ground in the same place every day. One chicken appears healthy and normal. The other one does the same except that she has something hanging out of her vent...
I inherited 4 roosters as a practical joke. I fell in love with them. Then a friend gave me a pullet. Then another friend gave me her 4 hens and a banty rooster because she had to move in to an apartment. I now have 5 roosters and 5 hens. 2 of the hens are laying eggs, the other 3 are too...
I inherited 4 roosters as a practical joke. I fell in love with them. Then a friend gave me a pullet. Then another friend gave me her 4 hens and a banty rooster because she had to move in to an apartment. I now have 5 roosters and 5 hens. 2 of the hens are laying eggs, the other 3 are too...