Our Faverolle spends a good amount of time in the nesting box but then actually lays her egg in the coop or in the run. This has happened four or five times recently. She used to lay in the box itself. Once she is done she leaves and doesn't spend excessive time in the box. Is this broodiness...
Our RIR, who is about 24 weeks at this point, started laying about five weeks ago. For the first couple of weeks she was perfect. Laying almost every day and each egg was a perfect specimen of what an egg should look like. Then, she stopped laying for four or five days. I did a warm water bath...
We let our brood of eight out sometimes to range around our yard and in the woods near our house. Last week one of ours, our PBR, didn't come home at night. I was so upset thinking that something had happened to her. The next afternoon, 24 hours after I noticed she was gone, she came back up the...
My RIR started laying about two weeks ago and has laid pretty consistently almost every day. She last laid an egg on Friday. I have seen her go in and out of the boxes and spending time in there but there hasn't been anything. Feeling slightly over-anxious as a new Mama Hen I started getting...
We have two Silver-Laced Wyandottes, about 7-8 weeks old. There is something about the differences in their appearance that makes me think that they are not both pullets. Of course being a total newbie, I have no idea! Searching through the forums it seems like this breed leads to a lot of...
Hi all! I have been lurking around the BYC community for a while, soaking up all the valuable advice, but thought it was time to participate. We have 8 chicks (hopefully all pullets but that's a separate thread): a RIR, an Ameracauna, a Buff Orp, a Black Australorp, two SLWs, a Salmon Favorelle...