We've gotten eggs every other day or so and just assumed our new hens hadn't gotten the hang of it yet or something... We only got our first egg less than 2 weeks ago. Today we stumbled across a pile in the brush with 14 eggs in a hole! Sneaky gals! any way to determine if they're all good to...
How do I figure out what's wrong with my pullet? Shes a Plymouth Rock, approx 15 weeks, and has always been kind of the runt of the group we brought in in June. She was very docile and let my 2 year old pick her up all the time, seemed just kind of a dumb bird that didn't know how to get away...
We're newbies located in central Massachusetts and already tons of questions! We have 6 hens that hatched in April - 2 Rhode Island reds, 2 buff orpingtons and 2 well summers. We have a rooster that hatched around the same time. Those 7 are tight and never any issues. Then we have 6 hens that...
New owners. We got 6 chickens in April and 6 more in June. We introduced them all just about a month ago when new ones were about 6 weeks. There was pecking and chasing but it seemed minimal and died down. We have one super docile chicken (younger ground) that is so easy going, my 2 year old...