Okay I know there are a ton of boody hen posts out there.
Penguin, my 7 month old Wyandotte hen who has been laying eggs just fine up until last week, decided to go broody in a hole she dug under the cactus plants. Mind you there is no rooster in our yard and there are no eggs under her back...
I've never had a roosting area for my chickens. They always preferred to sleep in a pile and were never very interesting in roosting.
Now that my rooster is gone the 4 idiots left are completely clueless about how, where, or when to sleep. I'm going to put a perch in their sleeping area then...
So my newest chicken, Penguin O'Tool, just started laying two weeks ago. She lays about 6 dark brown eggs a week and they are tiny. Tinier than her friend Pidgy McNugget, who is a bantam sized chicken.
Penguin is as large as my easter egger. I read that Wyandottes lay smaller than average...
This is a really noob question.
I have two new pullets that are old enough to lay. One is a bantam and just last week just started laying dinky little brown eggs. The other is a huge black mother of all chickens who I'm fairly certain should start laying soon.
When I pick her up I can feel...
So Rotisserie the rescue chicken is all white and just filthy. She loves rolling around in the dirt and her fanny is constantly brown from her playing in the dirt. She has some poo on her feathers but nothing to really worry about. I tipped her upside down last night to take a good look at...
Thank you to all who assisted with Over Easy the Satan rooster.
Rotisserie, the mixed breed "hood" chicken has taken over as queen of the flock.
Look at that glorious comb.
Thinking our rescue Australop pullet Pidgy McNugget is a cockeral. The face is a little redder. Born around May 15th and is a bantam size chicken. So about 3 months old. Hasn't crowed yet.
Over Easy my Buff Orpington rooster I have had since he was 3 days old. In the last three years he has become more and more aggressive. He has put his spurs through my calves three times. Chases the dogs around. He terrorizes my children in the back yard. No one can go outside without a...
I'm new to backyard chickens. I have one buff rooster and two Easter eggers. They have the entire back at their disposal and their coop and run are at the far end of the yard under the pecan tree.
They insist on sleeping next to the back door on the patio on top of each other every night...