Would love to have you weigh in on this...I have 4 hens. One 2.5 year old buff orpington who is a total sweetheart, one black sex link that is 1.5 yr old and my best layer, one 6 month old barred rock and one 6 month old rhode island red. One of the two youngers is laying pullet eggs daily as...
Our year old black sex link hen stopped laying 4 days ago and now her poops look like this. She has consistently laid everyday since last fall so we are quite concerned. We fortified their run and coop so we thought it was due to the stress of the remodel....but I don't want to miss something if...
Anyone want to take a stab at what breed and sex these little chicks are? There are 3 chicks that we have. The third and fourth pictures are the same chick just different angles.
Quick question for all you BYC-ers in southeast Wisconsin. How cold is too cold for my two hens? They sleep in our unheated garage at night. I'm thinking of hanging a thermometer in there and can run a space heater or heat lamp. Help!
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This is our first year trying to winter our small flock of two hens. We live in southeastern wisconsin. Currently we house them in a dog crate (2'x3') in our garage at night to ward off predators. Then each morning we take them outside to our run where they have more space to hang out...
Hatched this sweet hen on April 20th but can't for the life of me figure out what breed she is. I can include more pictures if that helps. The last picture is of her the day she hatched.