We were given 5 chickens this christmas. The chickens vary in ages and one turned out to be a rooster. The one hen was laying regularly until about a week ago. She has become increasingly lethargic, is not eating, and now has drainage. I've also noticed her tail feathers are kind of "droopy"...
So, we got three of our flock at about 10 weeks old or so. Then we got two slightly older ones. One of the older ones grew a big comb and waddles and started crowing. So we know he is a rooster obviously. We assumed the other 4 were hens, and the one slightly older one just began laying :D. Of...
So I might head up to a friends farm and get two more hens today. Trouble is that the ones we have seem to be about 3 months and are on medicated starter. If I should end up with two older birds I'm going to an issue of them needing different feed. I'm guessing I won't be able to control which...
So my mother surprised us with chickens on Christmas Day, as my wife posted in another thread. We were unprepared to say the least. So I scrambled to come up with suitable housing with low expense and little time. So I managed to get a shipping crate from work, convert it to a coop and put it In...
We were surprised with three chickens as a Christmas present this year from my mother in law. We have considered getting chickens in the past but were caught off guard today. We have no idea what breed (or sex!) these chickens are. Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks!