A raccoon killed one of my hens last week in the hen house area. I now have two. I noticed that one had stopped laying...or so I thought. I have found a makeshift nest under a bush and that's where her eggs seem to be now.
The other hen doesn't lay yet but refuses to roost in the hen house...
We bought a full grown Rhode Island Red 4 months ago and she hasn't laid yet. They said she was about 6 months old when I got her making her about 10 months now.
From time to time I've seen poorly formed eggs (small, brittle) in the box but I can't be sure who left them there. As there have...
This morning at 4am we found one of our chickens dead with the raccoon close by.
Today, I see that one of the other's had it's comb bit and some is missing. There is still blood. I am going to clean it up but I know the bird needs antibiotics.
Are antibiotics for chickens available from feed...
I live in Portland where the weather is quite mild today. I just got three chickens who spend the morning in breathable bags in someone's trunk while I was at work. I met her at 1:30pm to pick them up.
I got a Gold Comet, a Rhode Island Red and a Plymouth Rock.
The Plymouth Rock Hen, about a...