I need help! The past few months one or more of my chickens has been pecking open the eggs. I lose on average 1 or 2 eggs a day to whomever the culprit is and when I'm only getting 3 or 4 eggs a day anyway its killing me, I don't have eggs to spare. I started gathering the eggs 2 or 3 times a...
2 months ago we inherited this Easter egger from our neighbors. They won the chick at a spelling bee so they really didn't pay any attention to breed or anything. They had her for about 6 weeks. She just isn't
growing so I'm starting to wonder if she is a bantam, any ideas about this? This...
I inherited this 7 week old check from my neighbor. I have no idea what breed she is so if you have any ideas as to that I'd really appreciate it. My biggest concern, however is that she was raised with a friend, a rooster. He had to find a new home else where since our city code does not...
I'm new to raising chickens so I'm at a loss as to what I need to do. I came home from work to find my sex link laying next to the water dish. She didn't move when I went in which was definitely odd. As I lifted the door to my coop to gather eggs I saw my older rhode Island red getting off...
I am new to chickens but have been reading up as much as I can. I bought a coop this summer but modified it to be up off the ground. I am just realizing that my bright idea of putting mesh on the bottom so the poop would fall out underneath was better in theory than reality. Now that winter is...
This spring I posted on BYC a picture of some pullets that I purchased from a family who had bought the chicks purely to show her kids the life process of chicks. She hadn't paid any attention to breed or anything. Now that 2 of the 4 (there was one that ended up being a rooster so he was...
I bought 3 hens from a man almost a month ago. He told me that they were 1 year old. He sold them because he had too many hens in his coop and they were being mean to each other, they had no feathers on their necks and bums from the pecking. Since I have had them their feathers have mostly...
I have a beautiful 11ish week old cockerel that needs a new home before I get sited for breaking HOA rules. I bought him with 3 pullets with the impression that he was a she but he is definitely NOT a she. I can't have roosters and now that he has started crowing in the morning he needs a new...
So I've wondered ever since I bought this bird a couple of weeks ago if it was a cockerel but after last night watching it free range I'm even more convinced. This bird is definitely the alpha of the 4 birds I bought and is VERY aggressive.
Can anyone help me, can you tell from a pict if this...
I'm new to raising chickens and have a lot of questions. I have a coop that is 4 feet by 4 feet that has 3 nesting boxes and a place for them to roost on. I have a chicken run that is 8 feet x 4 feet x 6 feet tall plus they can go under their 4x4 coop. How many chickens would fit comfortably...
I am 1 week new to being mama to 4 pullets (never having raised chickens before in my life). I bought these 4 girls (at least I really hope they are girls since roosters are illegal in my city) from a lady last week but she didn't know what breeds they are. Can any of you pros out there help...