I have a flock of 16 hens. 14 are less than a year and two of them are about 2 and half years old. These two older hens are the top of the pecking order and the one that is the Top, "alpha" hen has been behaving like a rooster after giving me a very generous batch of eggs for two years (she even...
I have a mixed flock of 18 hens. They are all about 17 weeks old (except for my three 2 and a half year olds). One of my 17 week old Ameraucanas started laying two days ago (seems early to me). Both of the eggs she laid are small "fairy" eggs about half the size of the older chickens normal...
Free Golden Laced Wyandotte Roo. He has not started crowing, but probably will any day. I also have a Barred Rock Pullet 14 weeks for $15 if you want.
I am in BROOKLYN, NY
I have 3 Two year old Hens. Two of them are the same breed and are excellent layers (they are mixed Leghorns). These hens all started laying late summer of 2013. This past fall (2014) was their first Molt. They all stopped laying late October. The Leghorns started laying in February. But the...
12 pullets assorted breeds. 2 of each. If you buy the whole flock $150.
Buff Orpington, Barred Rock, New Hampshire Red, Ameraucana, Speckled Sussex and Silver Laced Wyandotte. The Rooster is a Barred Rock.
I have 5 chickens (all about a year old). One of them is an "Easter-Egger". This very cold winter she stopped laying and all the others produced plenty of eggs. I am told it is normal for her breed to stop in winter. She started laying again on the first day of Spring. However, for the last...
I have 5 chickens. 4 of them lay brown eggs and one lays blue eggs. So I know for sure one is not laying. The "easter-egger" stopped laying about 2 weeks ago when we had our first cold spell. The others are still laying about one a day or every other day. The chicken that used to lay blue eggs...
I have a coop in my yard that I have built a 10 foot long by 5 foot wide by 8 foot high cage around. When my chickens (5) were small they all went in the coop at night and slept. When they got big they all started sleeping on the roof of the coop. This made for a very messy roof. So to get them...
I have 5 chickens roughly the same age. The first one started laying August 1st. The next three started in the beginning of October. The fifth one does not lay. She is old enough now but has never laid an egg. Her behavior is still as if she is a pullet. She runs away from me and acts nervous...
One of my flock was plucked out of the coop or flew the coop.
I woke up and I was one less chicken. Thing is I can't find the body or any blood or traces of struggle. There were a few clumps of feathers but no blood anywhere. I went to the roof of my house to see if there was a carcass or fly...
I have 3 Buff Orpingtons. One I hatched from an egg. The other two I got from someone that told me were born at the same time and were always together. I got them when they were about 2 and a half months old. One was smaller than the other and he told me that is how they were since birth...
I have a 3 month old Blue Ameraucana. She started with labored breathing abut two weeks ago. Then became lethargic a week ago, closing her eyes, needed to be fed, not very chipper.
Took her to the vet 5 days ago and got antibiotics (Sulfatrim). She does have pneumonia-like symptoms.
Last 4...
I have 3 chickens I have been raising from incubation. they are now two months old. Each is a different breed:
Buff Orpington
Blue Ameraucana
Rhode Island Red.
I can't tell if the Red or Blue are roosters. The Buff is very much a hen in behavior and look (docile and no comb).
The Red has a...