Hello all,
We have a flock of ten, 5 breeds, all about 1 1/2 years old. For a while now our two alpha hens have been pecking to the point of leaving some of the others with large bald spots. One has no feathers on her head, another none on her back, two others are bare at their shoulders. This...
Help me decided what to do!
We have ten chickens. One of our black australorps is a dud. She's always been aloof from the flock. She's 15 months old and has only laid around a dozen eggs. When she does lay her eggs are wonky - either torpedo style or super tiny pullet sized. For the last...
This is our first year having chickens. We have a flock of ten, with five breeds. All of our birds were feed store chicks, so while they have the usual characteristics of their breeds they are obviously not prime specimens.
We have the chickens for the eggs but also just for the desire to be...
This is our first year raising chicks. We currently have six. We started with two Black Australorp and two Red Sex-Link. Then we went to our local feed store and requested two Ameraucana and one Welsummer. One of the supposed Ameraucana didn't make it but the other two are doing great. But...
We are so excited to be starting our chicken adventure. We're a family of four in northern Colorado. We finally felt the time was right to start our flock. So far we have added four little fluff balls to our family. Two Black Australorps and two Red Sex Link. We are planning on adding two...