We lost a hen yesterday, she had been acting a bit funny since we returned from a vacation about one week ago. Yesterday, she wouldn't move,eat or anything once she was out of the coop. (We free range/ pasture raise). Today, everyone seemed happy and healthy. My daughter noticed another hen...
I'll have photos in a bit. I have four 6-month-old Sussex Speckled, and four 6-month-old Delawares. They were purchased from a feed mill, there was no guarantee on gender.
None of them looks definitively like a male. Is it too soon? My husband is convinced that we have all females, I...
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I have had my original flock of 20 hens for just over a year. They were inherited from a friend (coop and all), the hens are between 5 and 6 years old. I have a set of 8 chicks (about 8 weeks old now) that have outgrown their space. I want to build a smaller coop, so that they...
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I'm not sure what to do. I had a small amount of undiluted Roundup I had used a few years ago to kill Buckthorn safely (so I thought) stored in our garage/barn. Some time in the last two days the ladies seem to have knocked it over. Almost no liquid was on the ground. There...
Hi. We're just getting started with our hens. Friends of ours decided to cut down on the number of animals they have, so we were given a beautiful flock of Barred Rocks,Red Stars, Rhode IIsland Reds and a couple of Aracondas. They are about 3-4 years old and lay daily. Right now I'm just...