Our Barred Rock "Chocolate" finally laid her first egg today. It was about 10:00 am and after leaving the chicken house to be with the other chickens (6 other girls and a banti rooster) she was free ranging in our back yard. Last seen about 4:00 with the other chickens (still free ranging)...
We are new to raising chickens and have a Barred Rock Bantam Rooster that is about 4 months old. When he cock-a-doodle-doo's he only does about half of the traditional sound (cock-a-doodle).
Is this an instinctual thing? Will it get better with time? We only have one rooster and no other...
We have a 3-4 week old chick that ate some human hair. My husband had to try and pull it out of her throat and got most but not all of it. This was yesterday and she was fine. Today, she is not moving and has her eyes closed and is obviously sick. What should we do or what can we do? Thanks.