My ladies are 3 years old and we've had them since they were chicks. My barred rock now has a greasy looking head, see pics. No other chickens are exhibiting any symptoms and are laying as often as you would expect 3 year old chickens to lay. The hen in question has not laid regularly for at...
Okay, so we're in the process of building our coop. We followed Ana White's design for her Chicken Coop Shed. So we have a basic 4x8 coop (approximately) with a window on each short end and a people size door on the tall side (changed form the short side as the plans called for, but not...
Hi from Omaha, NE! This is our first foray into chickens and we're loving it so far! We got our chicks 4 days ago and am hoping someone can help us out with how old they are - got them from Orscheln Farm & Home and the one lady that supposedly knew all about them was not working that day, and...