I have a small flock of 7 chickens and today it appears that my most dominant one was challenged and a chunk of her comb was nearly pecked off! The back quarter is no longer attached at the base and I can't get the bleeding stopped with pressure, every time I do she shakes her head and it starts...
My 22 week old BA pullet started acting off yesterday, she was up on a roosting post during the day and was letting me pet her (both of which she never lets me do), I thought maybe she was trying to lay her first egg so I put her in a nesting box where she stayed for 7 hours. I felt around her...
My BA pullet (22 weeks) was acting fine this morning when I let my small flock out of the coop but when I went out to check on them at 10, Maybel (BA) was on the roosting post in the coop and was acting like she was trying to lay her first egg! So I placed her in a nesting box and have checked...
My pullets are just starting to lay eggs and they are scratching most of the bedding out of their nesting boxes and so when they lay their eggs they are falling on straight wood and cracking. Any suggestions? Rubber mats? Straw pads? What are you using??? It's breaking my heart I've lost 2 of my...
I have a (first time) small flock of 7 and this morning when I let them out I noticed they were acting strange, when I looked in their coop there was yolk everywhere! Turns out one of my two BRs laid their first egg last night or this morning and it was shell-less and they all ate it! Should I...
I have a small mixed flock (all 19 weeks old) with two EE and one of them laid a small beautiful egg on Friday and then nothing since! Is this normal?! She is my first one to lay an egg so I'm excited and nervous all in one!