we are looking for a mixed dozen that can include some
olive eggers,
blue eggers,
maybe a barnevelder,
maybe a lavender,
some large colorful chickens
to enhance our current free range flock of 12 hens.
we are located in VA
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Thanks :O)
we do not have a rooster but had 2 hens get super broody so a friend gave us 3 fertilized eggs to see what happens.
1 egg hatched yesterday and our little black banty couldnt be happier.
our hens have a nice sized coop but we leave them to free range.
is this ok for the chick?
should we...
One of my hens that just started to lay (2 eggs so far) is acting egg bound this morning. sitting in nesting box, BOCKing really loud, waddling back and forth, squatting, etc.
it also just snowed (again). I shoveled the chickens path, then she waddled down it and past me. I walked back up...
we have a variety of 11 hens in our yard that we got in October.
this morning I noticed our black banty - who is much less social than the other chickens - was limping around and hiding in the back of the coop. She has been very reclusive lately but we attributed it to the weather and her...