My family was out of town and we had someone checking on the chickens but not letting them out to range (coop is about 70 square feet for 5 chickens). 2 chickens are almost 9 years old, indestructible. 1 is about 5. 2 are 1.5 years old so this is their 2nd summer. 1 of the young ones died on...
I had 3 Ameraucanas and they were kind of averagely noisy - squawking to be let out in the morning, letting us know they laid an egg or a squirrel was bothering them.
I got a couple more about 2 years ago (different breed) and one of them is SO LOUD. We thought it was a rooster until it...
I have 2 older hens and 2 chicks. The chicks got through a chain link fence today and into a neighbor's rosebush. Somewhere in the process of that and me chasing them back into my yard, one of them wounded her neck/face. She was pecking around and acting normal except for occasionally...
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I have a 4.5 year old hen who is making nests and laying on eggs way back under a rabbit hutch where it's really hard for me to get to. I only discovered this by finding a rotten egg and then with the help of this forum, finding 12 more eggs in the back corner.
I removed them, and...
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I have 2 older chickens that haven't been laying, not sure if due to age or hot Texas summer. They are Ameracaunas, about 4.5 years old. I also recently got 2 chicks and they have been kept separately.
Last week I noticed 2 eggs had been laid. 1 smelled odd and had some yellow goop...