I'm in panic mode. This is my first time with chickens and these babies are very important to us. Today I let them out to run about and scratch around as I do twice a day and I noticed that my barred rock is bald on her back side just below the vent area. I read about what it could be and...
I have a hen that just started laying eggs a couple days ago and the first egg she left in the nesting box, but today it was just sitting in the run. I panicked because I was afraid it was broken or would be stepped on. As a first time chicken owner, eggs feel like the holy grail LOL. Should...
I have 5 hens that we have raised from chicks and finally 1 of the 5 has begun to lay beautiful blue eggs. Yesterday morning and this morning I found a soft egg shell (brown) from another hen on the floor of the coop. The shell isn't all there, it's more of a half shell and its very soft. I'm...
We just got our first egg last week! I am so so pumped to see how these creatures give us something so awesome to feed our family. Ok..So, I noticed right before my hen layed her egg that she was panting and none of the other chickens were doing that. She looked a bit frantic back and forth...
I took a picture of my barred rock today because I was wondering if her tail feathers were normal. She's a round rump chicken and I didn't think they were supposed that way. When I got them at a day old I was just learning and didn't realize pasty bottom happened in a days time and I had one...
We live in a residential neighborhood so it was very important that we try and make our coop/run as attractive as possible. With that being $100 to spend. We pooled all available resources and began to disassemble wood pallets (Not the blue ones as they have chemicals on them). I always have...
I am tickled to death to be part of BYC. My husband and I just recently built our first coop and run for our 6 babies. We live in a residential neighborhood so we were trying our hardest to ensure that our coop was as attractive as possible and that we only had hens. I'm sure I will be asking...
I placed my first ever chick order and the sent a free " exotic chick". I thought at first it was Dominique but the comb said otherwise. It doesnt look anything like my barred rock that is the same age. Idk. We arent allowed roosters so im worried.[/IMG]