Search results for query: *

  1. riversbendhen

    Lazy Layers or Unhealthy

    I have a small flock (6 hens). Four of them are just not laying at all or extremely rarely. They are four years old. I have two that lay just fine. They are two years old. Question: Are my four year olds done??? They all have access to the same food and water. None of their combs are...
  2. riversbendhen

    Dead Hen in Laying Box

    I found one of our layers dead in one of the laying boxes this morning. I noticed her feet were bloody then looked closer in the coop and see that where she roosts at night was covered in blood and the sand under wet with blood. Wondering what could have happened and how I could have helped...
  3. riversbendhen

    Large Abscess on my Bantam's Breast

    Concerned about this large abscess on our little bantam's breast/neck. Been watching it for a few days and it is rapidly growing. Found a couple of scabs underneath it. It is oblong and hard, Anyone have any advice? She acts fine but it can't be comfortable!
  4. riversbendhen

    To Light or Not To Light ~ That is the Question!

    Hello all, I am newby wondering what to do with my 5 layers now that 4 of them have stopped laying here in Michigan. I understand there is a controversy about whether or not to add artificial light to keep them laying but I don't know why. Can anyone explain this to me?
  5. riversbendhen

    Strange Behavior

    Hello, I am a new chicken owner. We have 5 beautiful hens all different varieties. The girls are 5 months old now and have started laying eggs. I allow them out of the coop to free range in the afternoons after they are done laying (three eggs a day). At around 4 pm. I clean the coop and...
  6. riversbendhen

    Bantam Sexing Thread

    I am new to chicken raising and just picked up a flock of 5 assorted chick breeds to get started. I wanted egg layers so all are pullets however . . . there was one bantam chick that just spoke to me that I couldn't resist. It is only one or two weeks old. I think I have identified it as a...
  7. riversbendhen

    Adding Chickens to our Homestead!

    I have always dreamed of owning our own plot of land that we could develop into just what we wanted. A homestead of our own and finally we have just that. We own a lovely 10 acre plot on the Pigeon River in West Michigan where along with our home we have an organic garden, an orchard, chickens...
  8. riversbendhen

    Best Compostable Coop Bedding

    We are still in the infancy of our chicken rearing with a small flock of 5 two week old hens. Our coop will be coming soon and I am starting to think about what kind of bedding for the coop and run would be best for composting and using in our organic garden beds. I heard there is a cob...
Back
Top Bottom