Hoping someone can shed some light on this issue...I have a Easter egger who is now 33 weeks old, she was the first in my flock to mature (unusual since she has a sister and 3 others that hatched with her, we got them from a friend when they were 3 months old). Odd thing is for the last 9 weeks...
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I'm feeling just a little discouraged about keeping chickens...wondering if maybe south Florida is not the best place to keep chickens. Winter seemed fine, 1 hen, no problems! As soon as the puddles in our yard came, and we got 13 more(2 months ago), we've lost 1 chicken to...
I have 2 Splash Wheaten Ameraucana "pullets" but as I know they're difficult to sex I'm starting to have my doubts about one who's now 10 weeks...it just started make a low whistling noise, almost sounds like a two-tone train whistle ...the other cheeps around normally! Any advice is appreciated!
My hen is acting weird...at first..something just wasn't right, then, about 2 weeks ago, I started noticing a few black spots on her comb, but nothing too crazy...otherwise completely normalish. I thought mites or lice so I checked her (Barred Rock) though difficult I didn't see anything. Then...
We recently "rescued" a fully grown barred rock hen, however, we've never owned chickens before! We wanted to start a flock, however, we don't know how to add to it! Can we add new chicks or are we better off getting it with a rooster...any advice would be helpful. I read your article on it...