Hi everyone,
I am at my wits end on what to do we have 9 chickens 2 buff 2 RIR, 2 Americans, 2 leghorns and 1 Moultan Houdan. The houdan is the unofficial ranch mascot, but receives no special treatment up until no.
about 5 days ago I saw her holding her foot up, and she had quite a bit of...
I got all 9 of my lovelies just over a year ago and they have been a joy, both entertaining and providing me delicious eggs. Now come February they suddenly decided to seize laying. I live in Colorado and we had a VERY mild winter and they produced all winter with the exclusion of 2 , only two...
Hello I have a leghorn that is a year this month. But she unusually had her first molt last fall,November (I thought it was at 18 months she was 6 months) and now it appears she is molting again this march. Is this usual to molt twice in 1 year. All the other chickens are fine. Last fall the...
n, but all signs point to it being a hen though I don't believe she actually laid frequently just rode the coat tails of those that did )
However, today I noticed she was missing a significant amount of feathers on her neck. Then watched her pluck some out.. there is no new growth.
When bring...
Hi, so I'm a novice to chicken raising and this site has been a great help..
I noticed my 8 mth old leghorns comb was actually going grey last weekend( it had never fully turned red for an egg laying hen, but all signs point to it being a hen though I don't believe she actually laid...
Hello , I am new to this. I have several different breeds of chickens and all of them were pretty easy to spot which were the hens. Having all the common traits... Then come my leghorns, whom are a whole different story. I was only able to get a picture of one of them. But the other one has a...