Hi, I have 9 chickens all 1-2 years old, (3 Australorps, 3 Barred Rock, and 3 Red Sex Link hybrids). I was getting 5 - 6 very large eggs a day fairly consistantly. While working on digging my septic system up 2-3 months ago, I accidently cut the power wire to my barn and lost lights. I repaired...
Hi all, I have a Buff Orpington hen who is about 6 months old. She has always been quiet and docile, which I hear is normal for that breed. Lately she has been very lathargic and sleeps most of the time, I've noticed she isn't growing nearly as fast as her 3 Australorp pen mates. She isn't being...
Hi, I have four red comets appx 1 year old that don't seem to be laying very well. I have only been getting 1 egg a day, occasionally I get 2. 2 of the chickens have been moulting for some time now . They get lots of food, fresh water and outside time. They are not hiding the eggs and I've...
Yaaaayyyy!! New chicks!
To add to my 4 adult Red Comets. Today I picked up couple week old female chicks from a register breeder this time....
1 Buff Orpington, 1 Blue Australorp, and 2 Black Australorp.
Beautiful birds , and tomorrow I am getting some 1 week old Barred Rocks! I've...
I thought I was spoiling my chickens when I purchased cedar to build an Catawba style A frame tractor for my girls.
However, before I started building I came accross the BYC bedding material chart which warns against cedar shavings for beddingbecause it can cause respirtory problems (don't want...
OK, I know it's a broad topic, but I know I'm not alone here. IOT clear up the very confusing, the mind boggling, the Bermuda triangle of chickens.... the Red Sex Link.
Can anyone define the following:
1) All the various names for Red Sex linked chickens,
2)The various combinations...
Hi all,
First photo post for me, slick interface!
I recently bought these 4 girls. The owner stated they were 10 month old Brown Comets, which I believe are a Red Sex Link variety made by combining a RIR rooster with a New Hampshire hen correct??
Does this sound right and is that what these are...
Hi, new to the forum. Last weekend, I picked up 4 Red Comet pullets (I believe they are more commonly known as Red sex Links in US??) that are about 10 months old for, in retrospect a high price of $60....
At the farm I bought them from, they were all together in what I thought was a small but...
Hi everyone, been watching this forum for awhile, and finally got 4 laying pullets last weekend so I thought it was high time I joined in. I picked up four Red Comets and I've been having some issues since, so I'll post some questions in (hopefully) the appropriate forum shortly....
Even with...