We have a Blue Lace Wyandotte that just turned a year old in May. Around that time she went broody and was that way for about 2 months. Late June she recovered and was fine, but now just the other day she went broody again! We cannot and do not want to have any Roosters. Our Rhode Island Reds...
Hi I am hoping someone can help us. Our 1 year old Blue Lace Wyandotte Hen is acting somewhat strangely. She has been on the nest quite a bit and laying. Today, even though the pen door was open to allow free ranging, she was in the pen with one of our Reds. Poppy (the Wyandotte) is making...
We have only one of our original flock of 6 hens left. We had 2 in late July, but we lost one of those to Fly Strike. This left Shirley all alone now, but we had 4 pullets that we raised from chicks still in our garage and decided to start integrating them with Shirley. They all now live in...
Hi, My name is Kathy. I just had one of my last 4 year olds die in my arms as I tried to do what I had read to try to make her feel better. I thought she had vent Gleet as her back end was really pretty gross looking and slimy looking. Her appetite and mood to range were both down. So after...
Our two Isa Browns, Thelma and Louise are our first layers. They started 8-1-14 and have had normal smaller eggs as is usual in the beginning, all laid in the nesting boxes in their coop. Yesterday my husband noticed Louise in the yard near a tree with from a distance what appeared to be an egg...