I have a 6 month old Speckled Sussex that’s gone broody. She took to the nesting box yesterday and hisses when I push her out. I have no roosters and she isn’t sitting on any eggs. I’ve researched on here about breaking her broodiness, but I don’t understand why one cares. What am I missing?
I am giving my feather footed pullet away today. I’ve tried to work with the constant feather pulling and pecking from the rest of the flock, but realize it isn’t fair to her. Weekly foot soaks, cleaning and camouflaging is no longer working. I found a home with a small flock of 3 that are a...
I opened up the nesting boxes and there it was...my first egg. After taking pictures and being so excited, I went in the run to visit the girls. When I knelt down to “talk” to them, imagine my surprise when there were 5 eggs sitting in their dust bath. Ugh! Since the dust bath was under to...
I have a 15 week Blue Langshan that was fine mid morning and when I went to the coop about 4 hours later I noticed that both of her feet were bloody. She has feathers on her feet that look as if they were pulled out. I soaked her in some warm water to clean it up and the bleeding has stopped...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I’ve wanted chickens for years, but didn’t have the right set-up at our last house. When we moved, I knew it was the perfect place to raise some chickens.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I bought five a few months...
I’m new to BYC and a new chicken owner. I am enjoying raising and watching my girls (at least I think they’re girls ). I have 8 chicks that are 9 weeks old. I moved them into the hen house two weeks ago and kept them inside for a week. My problem is that they will not go inside at night. I’ve...