Our chicken Speckle laid an egg in the nesting box then went about playing in the fenced coop area. After checking on her, we found her on her side on the nesting box again, dead. She was about three years old. We were thinking she might’ve died of a heart attack. Perhaps she didn’t feel good...
Been trying to get a few more girls for my backyard chickens. Last time, I ended up with a rooster. Had to it bring back. I just got 2 new additions from another place. He said they were barred rocks. Their legs look different colors and I don't know if that's normal or if one is a...
Q 1. I keep the chickens under the deck of the house, that is where the coop is. It's chicken wired in and they are pretty safe near the house. However there are large birds hanging out on nearby branches! The other evening (before dark) I heard the chickens squawking. By the time I got to...
A friend texted, a chicken has been hanging out in her yard for almost a day. She is backed up to the woods. No one in the neighborhood knows anything about the chicken or where it may have come from. They are gonna try a flyer. She's with us now and we have a few RI-R for backyard...