Hi all, I believe I may have posted this question in the wrong category earlier, sorry about that! Figured I'd try here, since it's more a behavioral thing than an emergency.
I just discovered one of my approx. 5 month old EE hens being attacked by the head hen "Blacky" who's about 5yo (I...
Hello all,
I just discovered one of my approx 5 month old EE hens being attacked by the head hen "Blacky" who's about 5yo (I don't know what breed she is, we got her from a friend a few years ago, but she's all black with a green sheen to her when she's in the sun).
Poor little EE is in...
Yesterday morning I heard my girls making all kinds of "stressful" noise, ran out to the coop and there was a rather large bobcat pacing on top of the coop and reaching his paw down through the chain-link. My girls were on top of their box (God I wish they weren't so STUPID sometimes!) and at...
We just rescued this girl earlier in the week. Took me a few days to figure out what was going on (I'm a pretty new chicken owner) but I'm assuming this is scaley leg mites. Besides walking "gently", she seems to be fine. Is there a point at which you can't treat this? This seems pretty bad...
Hello from extremely warm San Diego! I was out meandering with my chickens this morning, and noticed that this ones comb looks very different from the rest. Is this a normal comb? I'm not sure on the breed of this girl, I think she's a mix. She's acting her normal peck-at-my-toes self...
Got 13 "guaranteed" pullets from the feed store (yeah, right ) They're all over 3 months old. Haven't heard any crowing yet, but they're kept away from the house so I might not hear it. Quite a few of them are starting to look roo'y. This is my first time raising chickens so maybe I just don't...
Morning everyone! I've looked up and down and can't quite figure out what these girls are. Any ideas? I'm pretty new to chicken breeds, and am totally lost! Maybe mix breeds? Bought them all at a local feed store. They're all just over 2 months old.
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Hello everyone,
I am very new raising chicks and to this site as well, so I apologize in advance if I sound a little slow! We received 4 full grown hens from a friend who has a good sized flock. We are down to 2 currently in an approx. 12' x 12' coop (my Queensland heeler got one and a...
Hello all,
I'm very happy to be a new member of BackYardChickens! My husband and I recently got 14 chicks to add to our two hens we acquired from a friend to add to our family "funny farm"! We were lucky to get a few adult hens from a friend to start out and learn the ways of being a chicken...