12 week old lavendar orpingtons ... no crowing, but some chest-bumping & other "cocky" behavior. Got them along with one black copper maranas, which I am pretty sure is a little pullet.
Any guesses? I'm new to chickens & have no experience with the orpington breeds, so any guidance from the...
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Here's my dilemma: I currently have 2 hens and woke today to find that Bette's comb has been ripped away from her head and is partially flopping around. I immediately separated the two, assuming it was an attack on Bette by Lucy. Since I only have the two (I'm a novice chicken owner...
I have a young ISA brown hen (little over a hear, I believe) who is sick and I need some advice from veteran chicken folks. I have just two hens, both ISA browns.
I've found 2 soft eggs in the coop in the last 10-12 days; one last week or possibly late two weeks ago and then again one on...
I have an ISA brown hen, I think she's a little over a year, whose crop never seems to completely empty. Should I be concerned about this?
I've only had her for 9 days, so I'm learning about her as I go. But, she's been laying me an egg a day, she eats and drinks and scratches like a "normal,"...
So ... I've got a question for all you veteran chicken folks out there ... The long and short of it is this: Do I need to keep a rooster if I want to free range hens who were not raised free range (for the first year of their life)?
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I picked up 6 chicks in April and all of them...
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I'm new to raising chickens, so I've got a conundrum I need help with from veteran chicken people.
I picked out 6 chicks in April, straight run, and ... all 6 are roosters! Pretty disappointing. So, my birds are going on 4 months old. I want chickens primarily for eggs ~ I don't eat...