I am currently trying to merge my young pullets in with my hens and I'm having an awful time :( I have 3 hens that will pick on just one pullet. If I'm in the coop all is fine but twice we've walked in on them ganged up and stomping her. We then go back to separating them. Any suggestions on...
I have 1 leghorn in my flock. She has been pecking us when we go into the coop for a while. She has started to pull thigh feathers out of our other birds except our brahma who is quite a bit bigger than her. I'm not sure what to do with her. Can I break this habit? Should she be culled from the...
I'm excited to announce we are currently getting 3 different egg colors from 3 of our girls! Our Easter Egger laid her first egg this morning. What a sight! Blue eggs! She was less than impressed when we took it but she seems to have calmed down now. Can't wait for more color to start showing up!
My wife and I have a small flock of mixed hens. About 17 weeks old now. Our Golden Buff started laying 6 days ago, the eggs have been small which I gather is to be expected from a young bird. Well today she laid another egg which was nice looking at about 10 AM. This evening around 7:30 she was...