I have a hen about 9 months old. And has been sitting on the nest non stop. The other hens have been sitting on top of her to lay ( even though I have more than one nest with fake eggs, they all insist on laying in the same nest). Well we have no roosters so it been a struggle to getvthe eggs...
I got these two cuties about 3 weeks from a straight run. I'm pretty sure the one closest to the camera is a Roo. It's bigger on overall size and the comb is bigger and pinker, but doesn't seem to by feathering out as fast as the other. I think they are both Roos but I'm hoping the smaller of...
I just got 8 new chicks. And one of them seems to breathing harder than the others. I noticed this morning that her vent was cover and I took care to clean her off and inspected her vent which doesn't seem injured. These two problems may be unrelated. But her labored breathing has me concerned.
So I have a secure coop that I lock my 6 girls up at night. And during a the day they are in a larger areas that is fenced in with a partial shade cover. When I checked on them around 4 pm one was missing except for a bunch of feathers on the floor of the coop. My husbands says he saw all six...
I noticed today that it seems one of my girls has a sore on her comb and on her waddle. It looks like a crusted over ulcer. I'm wondering if it could also be a wound from being pecked. But I haven't seem any of the other girls being aggressive with her. What can I do?
I have six golden comets I get no less than five eggs a day six eggs every third day or so. I have 3 nesting boxes and it appears that at least 3 favor the same box. I got six eggs one day in the same box. my question is the bottom of the pecking order Dottie is often chased out of the nesting...
I have six golden comets found one egg in the yard so I kept them in the run for most of yesterday. I've put golf ball in the nesting boxes with plenty of hay/wood chips. They keep scatchong it out onto the floor along with the golf ball. Found an egg on the floor this morning. Other than fixing...
Any guesses on breed. When just chicks they looked alike with minor light brown difference but most yellow buff balls of cuteness. Now they are 4 weeks. Still looking similar except one which is almost all brown.