Just something I thought I would pass along.
We have two Americana hens that had stopped laying completely for several months. I have a spacious coup for them, fed them chicken feed from a local feed store and we live in a mild climate.
I searched on this forum and found that some chicken...
I hate to admit this, but we live in an associated neighborhood and chickens are forbidden. Our chicken coop and chickens are on the down-low. Our immediate neighbors are cool about it but I'm not so sure about the rest of the people on the block. One of our girls, however, can't seem to keep...
Can anyone tell me what the heck this is? It doesn't seem to bother the hen and it is pretty solidly attached. It has doubled in size in the last week or so.
My dad just gave me a bucket of crushed seashells for my chickens. I understand that some owners add it to their feed as a calcium supplement. I have four chicks that are about a month old.
I'm interested to know what people think about giving their chickens crushed seashells, and should I...