I have three Brahma hens. As soon as the grass started growing this year, they started grazing, which is normal. But one of them doesn't seem to be breaking down the fibers. They all get the same food with oyster shell and grit added in. They spend most of their day free ranging the yard...
I am in need of one or two Brahma hens. I had two, and one passed. Now Tilly needs a friend. Dark, light, buff, whatever, as long as it's a Brahma. I happen to like this breed very much. Tilly is 2 years old, so I'd like one that is adult sized, preferably around 1 year or so. I am hoping...
I have (had) two dark brahma hens who have been healthy and happy, even in the record breaking summer we've had in the Pacific Northwest. Yesterday, Southwest Washington and NW Oregon woke up to dense (for us) smoke blanketing the region. The wind had shifted and blown the smoke from the...
My two dark brahma hens started laying eggs in January 2014 and kept it up until they started molting - one in August, the other in September. We went about 3 months without homegrown eggs, then Tilly started laying again on Christmas Eve. Hilary started laying again a couple of weeks later...
A couple of weeks ago, Tilly injured her beak. I'm not at all sure how, but it was cracked and bleeding, and has the tip of her upper beak broken off. I didn't do anything dramatic for her, but watched to be sure she could eat and drink. The bleeding stopped pretty quickly, and her beak is...
I have two dark brahma hens. The oldest (Tillie) is about ten and a half months old and started laying on January 5th. The younger one (Hilary) is just over eight months old. I know brahmas tend to mature later and I chose not to supplement their lighting for winter. So, when I found that...