Just recently my hen stopped being broody. After a couple of weeks, she started to lose feathers. I thought nothing of it because it seemed like a regular molt. But, just yesterday, I noticed that she has mostly down feathers left except for the feathers on her neck and some near her legs. Her...
A few months ago, one of my hens, Henrietta, starting acting off. She started sitting in the nesting box all day but stopped laying eggs. Whenever I or another chicken gets near her when she is like this, she puffs up her feathers. I have to lift her out of the nesting box and set her outside...
I currently have three ducks and ten chickens (all hens). I was thinking about getting a silkie rooster but I was concerned about a couple things.
I let my hens free range, even when it’s raining. Most of them take shelter on my patio where it is dry and sometimes I leave the door to my garage...
Today I brought home a new adult female Indian Runner duck. As I was trying to let her in our coop with our other female duck, she escaped and ran into our woods A after chasing around our duck. When I tried to stop her, she ran further until she was out of sight. I tried looking for her but she...
Hello! I am thinking about adding a new addition to my flock. However, the duck I want to get is two and a half hours away. I have an animal carrier that has plenty of space to fit a duck. I am planning to put towels on the bottom of the carrier and stop for occasional water breaks. Would it be...
I am very excited to announce that tomorrow I will be adding two new additions to my flock! I will be getting one rhode island red and one pearl star leghorn. I am pretty sure I want to name the rhode island red Jane, but I'm not so sure about the pearl star leghorn. I already have 10 hens...
I currently have a flock of 10 hens and 2 ducks. My chickens are all different breeds and my ducks are rouen. In the spring I am going to get some chicks and was thinking about getting two silkie hens. But I have read many different things about silkies on the internet and wanted to make sure I...