Just last night one of my chickens, a two year old salmon favorelle, died unexpectedly. I found her sitting outside the coop around dusk when all the other chickens already went in. Her comb was purple ish and she wouldn't stand on her own and actually let me pick her up and cuddle her! That was...
A while back I had an accidentl egg hatch while I was gone on vacation, and the father was an all white rooster a few black specks on his tail and neck, and we don't know while hen actually laid the egg. But I was wondering if it was possible for a hen to never lay eggs, because this mixed breed...
So I have some pullets that recently started lating, one out of two Ameraucana, my New Hampshire reds, and st least one of my barred rocks I know for sure are laying. They've been laying for about a month and a half-two months now, but they are still very small eggs, although one of my New...
I own a rainbow cock that is about 5 and a half months old right now, and his estimated weight is around 15 pounds. I was wondering if anyone knew how heavy rainbow roosters are supposed to get when they are fully grown (around a year i think ?) If anyone could help me out, that'd be great!
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I have two brown red Ameraucana hens that should be starting to lay soon, and when i purchased them from Hoover's Hatchery, I found them under the Easter Egger category, so I was under the impression that they would be laying blue, green, or pink eggs. But I recently saw that...
So once my old hen (7 years old) realized there were two roosters, she became baby crazy, becoming broody and pecking my hand even if she wasn't sitting on an egg. I'm not quite sure if she's still laying, but if she is and her egg gets fertilized, should I let her sit on it? or put it in an...
So I had gotten 15 chicks about 7-8 weeks ago, and two of them were silver laced polish chicks. They all arrived a day old, the other breeds were rainbow, barred rock, salmon favorelle, New Hampshire red, and americauna. But, the day that they arrived, one silver laced polish chick didn't even...