Hi,
I am hoping to lean on some goat experts here. Here is the back story, I bought this goat in early Feb, she was already pregnant and actually had kidded about six weeks previous and it died. Her previous owners didn't seem to care much and ran her with the bucks right after.
It seems...
Hello,
I have a nigerian dwarf goat who is about eight months old. I am not sure when she was bred (I bought her from someone who didn't take care of her AT ALL) from my calculations she is due sometime this month (early May I think)
Well today I have noticed that she is stomping her feet...
Hey all goat experts,
I am new to goats, we just recently bought 2 bucks (bottle babies) and a doe who was born on 08/08
After we had bought our doe sprinkle the previous owner told us she had recently given birth and the kid was still born.
She is naturally polled and he bred her with...
Hi,
So my Barred Rock just recently started laying (had been for awhile in a wood pile and I discovered that thanks to you guys!)
and as they free range I wanted to encourage laying in the coop so I put a golf ball in a nest. Today the ball was on the coop floor and when I went in my BR...
I have heard lots of references to your chickens doing 'the squat' - can someone please explain what that looks like?
Also is there any other laying behaviors that chickens have before getting ready to drop an egg?
Can you tell I'm egg anxious?
thanks
Sabrina
Hi everyone,
I am a long time reader first time poster I have a little flock of 6 girls and 1 rooster. He is a buff orp (bantam)
they are all around 10 -12 weeks old.
I have one Barred Rock who is about 18 - 20 weeks old and has been hiding in wood piles at times could she be laying in...