Pepper is a beautiful Cuckoo Marans who lays brown eggs with some speckles. Chili is an Ameraucana who lays eggs that are cream-colored. They're both great girls who lay most days. We've had them in our backyard for the last year and a half or so, but with new construction projects going on both...
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Ok, I'm at my wit's end with my two girls. For nearly 3 weeks now, they've woken us up around 5:30-5:45 every single morning with loud squawks and sometimes, one even crows like a rooster. We've gotten a call from our poor neighbor about it and now we rush out every time we hear...
We have a beautiful Golden Laced Wyandotte. She's 7 months old and lays an egg nearly every day (averaging 6-7 a week). The only problem is we have a small flock (just 3 hens), and she doesn't seem to get along with the others. She's particularly rough on the chicken at the bottom of the pecking...
I have three hens and one, RedHot is an absolutely gorgeous golden laced wyandotte who lays an egg almost every day. RedHot is also a stone cold bully to my other hens, particularly the one at the bottom of the pecking order (pepper) - though she's taken to plucking out Chili, (the top girl)'s...
One of my chickens started losing some feathers on her back a month and a half ago and has had this patch of fluffy down for a while. She's 7 months old. Could this be a juvenile molting thing or something else? She's still laying an egg a day and seems to be totally healthy otherwise. We've...
I have three chickens and the oldest, Chili, has been acting a little odd this week. She's always been a pretty relaxed hen, but she's taken a few flying leaps at us the last two days during free range time. We noticed some blood in the laying box too and a quick survey found Chili is bleeding...
I'm a newbie to BYC and to raising chickens in general, so any and all advice is welcome.
A little background (or a lot):
We inherited a full grown easter egger from a family member so we're picking up where they left off. Our hen previously had a sister but she passed away recently. Not...