I have 4.5 years old ex-battery hen that hasn't laid eggs since last autumn after a very thorough molting (she lost almost all feathers).
Now it is spring here, new grass is growing and hens have had earthworms, snails etc they have found in the garden, in addition to poultry feed (currently...
I have 2 cute chicks, one is Braekel and second is Paduan (a day younger).
Do you have any suggestions how and when I can determine their sex?
I already have a rooster, but he seems to be infertile (SLW of unknown age, maybe 3+ years), as none of the eggs my hens have tried to hatch have shown...
In October my about 6-7 months old bantam decided to sit on eggs. Unfortunately eggs were either infertile or stopped developing quite early. Nevertheless she sat on eggs for about 25-26 days. I got a rooster just this summer and I haven't experience with broody hens or hatching yet, so I didn't...
So, my young bantam pullet got broody and decided to hatch some eggs, despite the fact that it is autumn and today even snow came down. I live in Northern Europe and in the next 2 months the temperatures will be probably around 0 degrees Celsius.
She has hatched the eggs about 10 days now and I...
I have a silver laced Wyandotte pullet that has one leg injured from the knee (sprained right after hatching?). I got her from a lady whom I bought some other pullets. She offered this SLW to me, as she didn't want to cull her and I had less birds and more room...
It is clearly too late to do...