I came back from work today and found one of my ameracuana hens on the roof of the chicken coop. She was breathing heavy and stretching her neck out trying to gasp for air. I put her inside the coop and things got worse. She started vigorously shaking her head, jumping up and down, and trying...
I have 4 barred Plymouth rocks that are 5 months old. I got two ameracuanas and a rir yesterday. The barred rocks are chasing, pecking, and squaking at the new chickens. Will they stop fighting? How long will it take if they do? By the way they are all hens no roosters!
In the last 2 weeks my pullets combs/wattles have turned a deep red color, have started to become extremely vocal (singing per egg song), and today they are all starting the squat when I go to pet them. My question is when will I expect the first egg?
My chickens were never scared of the rain, until the other night. Where I live we got severe thunderstorms and my chickens didn't like it at all. I heard the loudest thunder I have ver heard before and it rained for hours. Now whenever it rains they all run into the coop and huddle into the...