We have mostly RI Reds.
In a recently built large shed/coop there are approx. 20 hens (the ones in there are RI Reds). No roosters in this area.
They are all about 3 years old and all are laying eggs (hay in nests is changed ~daily).
A few of our chickens have had this horrible condition and the...
Yesterday afternoon our guinea hens and peacocks alerted me to a big problem in the yard; I ran out screaming and a fox took off but not before trying to grab a chicken.
When I saw her lying on the ground I picked her up. At first she tried to fight me (probably thought I was the fox trying to...
We have 8 older hens (4+ years old). They were never with a rooster before.
We got 24 chicks in mid-April; four NH Reds, four Barred Rocks, the rest Easter Eggers. We bought them at a local grain/pet store. We were told they were all pullets--no guarantees, of course.
It didn't take long to...