one of my hens i hatched out... i noticed today is walking around blind... or possible near sighted... she was eating fine a couple weeks ago... today she was eatin the dirt instead of food? has anyone had this happen... her eyes arnt fogged up either.. they look normal
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i've had this hen for awhile she lays good white eggs, but shes tried to go broody twice and shes aggressive ... what breed is she? refresh the pic to resize it.
one of my hens...whos been laying some alright eggs...hasnt laid in a week.. and for the past couple of days she's been in the roost box.. i thought maybe she was gonna lay an egg...but shes been in there all day... i've chased her out and she goes right back in?
a second batch from squirt my miracle hen that survived a bobcat attack and a coyote attack... she's popped out some weird colors.. the 2 below hatched on easter and another hatched yesterday from another hen.. refresh the page for the image to resize
so i let my chickens outta the coop as usual... and i put the baby chicks outside... and one chicken i thought to be a hen and was told when i bought it.. it was a hen.. but it's doin the wing flip roosters do? is it possible its a roo... or a hen acting like a roo... front left..below...
guess the breeds... i only know a few ... you gotta refresh to resize the pics
most of the flock
the master and mistress
and the EE chick everyone should remember!! before and now
now
well as alot of you know...3 days after thanksgiving i had all but one of my chickens killed by coyote's... i had 3 of squirt's eggs.... hatched before thanksgiving...and one standard...but i also had one of my silkies hatch.... here are the offsprings from 2 of my killed chickens and...
as some of you know i had my flocks eaten by coyote's... the only existing was squirt... i got 2 more yesterday... another white leghorn and the one below...i now have squirt...the golden colored bantam...a RIR Pullet almost a hen... and a RIR roo.. slowly building another flock what breed is she?
the saturday after thanksgiving.... i walked outside about 8:30am to see in the coop.. feathers everywhere...so i went into the coop and found all my chickens dead then i walked out to check on my bantam flock in there coop...and found them all dead... the egg my one hen was brooding on died...
so after those 10 bad eggs that hatched and died... 4 more start rockin and earlier 2 started a small hole and got to peeping hopefully they'll be out by morning
i've lost 9 baby chicks already.. and one EE baby chick we bought... the 9 that hatched a couple needed help after we chipped the shell... got the membrane wet with a q-tip.. the chick came jumpin out... but a half hour later..she was dead.. 10 to 30 mins after hatching..all of them died i dont...