We gave up trying to "break" our broody hen. So instead of letting her sit on nothing, in the middle of the coop, right in the middle of the coop, I picked her up and put her on two freshly laid eggs(we have have two other hens). Well she somehow moved the eggs back to the middle. Can a...
I just got off the phone sharing my excitement over getting three new hens.
My mother gave me a suggestion for their names:
"EENY, MEENY, and MINEY."
"But, mom, there's no MOE."
"Exactly" she replied and "And there shouldn't be."
My chickens don't eat worms! I can't believe it. We will even bring worms right over to them and- nope...they're not interested. Anyone else have worm hatin' chickens?
My hen has started to go broody. She sat all day on the nest with three eggs. But when she went to the roost at night I took the eggs from her. The next day she sat on one egg for half a day, so again I took the egg. Last night I noticed that she was sitting in the nest and she is still there...
I have a missing rooster and I am holding out hope that he passed on his own(-since I have no idea how old he is). Or do they run off sometimes and come back a few days later? I don't want to think about what probably really happened...Is there a chance he's just out and about down the road?
Just curious...I recently bought two pullets-they are 5-maybe 6 months old. They are not laying yet. So, my question is ...How long should I wait until I put them in with my rooster? He is at least two years old. They had a meet and greet today and he wasn't being aggressive....but the hens ...
My "adopted" rooster won't roost in the coop at night. So we cleaned it out put in fresh straw, food and water. But he is still sleeping on the neighbors window ac unit.
We have "adopted" a lone rooster. He is beautiful! I think he might be a Leghorn- but he doesn't have white earlobes... So maybe he's mixed with a Long Island Red...I don't know but, to me, he is the epitome of CHICKEN. My question is- Should we get him a couple of hens? Is he truly lonely? I...