We had 6 chicks hatch (2 about 48 hours ago and 4 sometime yesterday. Today, Momma and chicks have moved to the other side of the coop. I had a partition in the coop to keep the other chickens away and have opened the run door for them to free range at sun up everyday since the hatch. Now I...
I have a black Australorp who is now 13 months old. She has lost the feathers on her back due to molting and she has been almost bald there for a couple of weeks now. I noticed she was staying away from the group of 4 other hens and 1 rooster as much as possible. I would find her in the coop...
My girls are now 3 months old. They were sexed as females from the hatchery. One was really slow to feather. I thought she would never get tail feathers and the other one has really long tail feathers. Is this just a variation between birds within the same breed or could I have a roo on my...
We have 15 baby chicks and very excited. They are almost 4 weeks old and are close to being fully feathered. I cannot seem to find the answer to my question with a search. They each have very distinct color patterns at present. Will these patterns change? Curious, because we can certainly...