On letting the girls out this morning,i noticed there were lots of our jg hens feathers in the coop. Should i be concerned about this?
There mainly big feathers.
She seems fine,with no obvious problem. She is eating and drinking ok,and socialising ok.
Theres only hens in our group so not a...
Sorry if this sounds daft......but
Please can someone advise me on how best to wash my girls?
The last four we got were from a filthy farm that didnt look after its stock well, and there covered in muck.
We want to clean them but dont want to cause them any stress.
Many thanks..
Ive just picked up two ixworth hens and two free white wynadottes.
Really pleased to have them join the family of roamers in the back garden.
There was a bit of a tussle between the ixworths and the bluebell and brahma,but all settled down by roosting time.
Ive put the wynadottes in with the...
Ae chickens ok in the rain?
Weve had some big rain latley and the girls dont go in there house to get out of the wet,they just sit there and occasionaly shake off the water.
Is that mormal?
I recently took 12 light sussex from a farmer that was about to release them to the foxes for dinner,he said they were at the end of there prime laying at two years old and no use to him.
They were skinny, and sad girls at the beggining but with much time spent with them they are now beautiful...
Im hoping someone can identify my mystery girl.
She was given to me by a lady that found her in her garden as a young chick,the lady knocked all the doors in the road and no one claimed her so she kept her.
She is four years old,and lays two eggs a day. I know she definitely does this as i keep...
Hi,just joined the forum as i have recently decided to get involved with chickens and am interested in how others are doing it.
I have 19 girls, 12 light sussex 1 brahma, 3 pure frizzles 1 frizzlexbantam 1 bluebell and an unknown 2 egg lay bird thats four years old. I will post a pic of her as...