For a few days now I've had a chicken gone lame, limping around the run and when free ranging,noticed this morning shes a bit worst, she has great color clear eyes she looks in great shape accept the limp, shes eating and drinking but is slow to get to water and feeder I know shes laying because...
I have found a yellow yolk like substance in a nest box, Its the second time i have found it, its almost like the the yolks been separated from the whites and the shell and only the yolk is presence, My 16 hens are 27 weeks old and all laying accept four, is this a under developed egg?
I have 14 Hens, 5 RSL, 4 wh,Ply. rocks, 2 blk Lorps ,1 blk sex link, 1 buff orp, and my favorite 1 New Hampshire Red or better know as " The Little Red Hen ", All 23 weeks old, I'am getting 9 eggs a day,, I know there still young,, my question is,, How many eggs should i average from...
Here's a couple Chicks I am in question about gender? I have a feeling the Australorp (3 Pic's of same bird) and the 1 Wyandotte are the only Roo's out of the 20 chick I have,, The other 2 Australorps haven't got as big or as bright comb and waddle as the one pictured and the Wyandotte pictured...
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his is the only chicken out of the 20 in my flock that i am not 100 % sure of,..It looks alot like a Buff,,but not sure of the darker markings,,i was told it was a red star but it does not look like any of the other stars in the group,,was also told it was a production red but they were...
Had these chicks given to me at the end of " Paris Farmers Union " spring chicks sales,,there about 8 weeks old now,and i think these are the breeds,,,if not please give input...I'm in the process of building a 6 X 12 Coop W/ a 20X30 run,, so excuse the snow fence,, Golden Comets ( red...
If Birds are only in the coop to roost,,,does there need to be water and food in it to ?,,,, i know its different in the winter or if you know there gonna be cooped up because of whatever the case may be,,i'm only talking in general,,whats your thoughts?