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  1. City Farmer Jim

    PECKING ORDER!

    I at a loss about what happened to my head hen. The last week my head hen seemed to be ostracized from the roost, she would sleep in front of a nest box which seemed odd and I didn't think to much about it. I came home for lunch today and found her dead in our free range front yard. I went...
  2. City Farmer Jim

    ROO OR NOT

    I'm going to ask most likely for the millionth time so I will apologize now. We have 2 Cream legbars what I REALLY thought were 2 pullets...here's the question: will a ROO "squat" like a laying hen does ? He/they are 8 to 9 months old and he has crowed once(weakly) that I can attest to. "He"...
  3. City Farmer Jim

    Who am I ?

    If I can get the picture to load I have a picture of what we were told at time of purchase is a Barneveld pullet. She basically has no comb and a small wattle directly under her bottom beak, no wattles below her ears. They are roughly 20 weeks old. I press the "attach files" button and nothing...
  4. City Farmer Jim

    Barnevelder

    Does anyone have pictures of their pullett Barnevelders. I was told that the 2 we purchased were 5 week old Barnevelder...I'm not sure that is what they are. I can't seem to attach a picture..
  5. City Farmer Jim

    Cockrell

    Good afternoon all, at what age ish will a Cockrell be able to fertilize eggs ? We purchased 2 cream legbar(both were supposed to be pullets) and 2 barnevelder. One legbar sprouted a comb pretty early on. Every one is in the same coop and he has just started to crow..
  6. City Farmer Jim

    Integrating littles

    Question for the GREAT MINDS here in BYC. We are ready to integrate our 13-14 week old pullets. Its been a couple of years since we have done that. Best we remember is that we lock 🔐 All the hens and pullets in for 2-3-4 days and let all back out...we have the pullets very visible to the rest...
  7. City Farmer Jim

    What age ?

    What age can chics be switch to pullet/hen feed. We have 2 Cream leg bars and 2 Barneveld chics we got on good Friday and were 5 weeks old then. They are BIG girls now lol 😆 😂 We are going to integrate them more than likely the week of 4th of July...
  8. City Farmer Jim

    OLD AGE and what to expect

    Without sounding to morbid what happens to an "older chicken" when they reach end days. Here's why I ask...we just lost a hen that is 7 ish she. We live in south Texas and she has seen a lot, from a 7 day stretch of no power and below freezing, to nearly the same the following year(both times...
  9. City Farmer Jim

    Old bird egg or stressed bird egg

    I have a question for the great minds here at BYC...I have a picture of an egg likes of which I have never seen. It has been extremely hot in south Texas since April but were getting about normal amount of eggs considering the conditions BUT RECENTLY the last 45 ish days we have been getting...
  10. City Farmer Jim

    Not sure WHAT THIS IS

    I'll start by saying pictures to follow. Here's the deal..we have a mixed flock of 2 gold laced Wyandottes 2 Easter eggers 2 blue Wyandottes 2 buff orpington and a barred rock and a silver laced Wyandotte and 2 black astrolorp. We had a bullying with a buff orpington and rehomed her for...
  11. City Farmer Jim

    Pecking order ?

     A question for the great minds here at BYC....if a head hen goes broody will she lose position in the pecking order. Here is the senerio...our head hen died unexpectedly and one of our soon to be hens(4/26) decided that she was the head hen(she's the biggest hen) and about 2 weeks later she...
  12. City Farmer Jim

    Anatomy question 🤔

    I am not as versed with chicken anatomy as I should or could and that being said here is my question. Will a hen lay an egg given all the light, food and water requirements have been met with no more stress than a normal day has to offer. We have a hen that is 3.5 years old and from what I can...
  13. City Farmer Jim

    Alzhimers?

    I'm not sure where to ask this question so I'm going to start here. This is not an emergency or a wound. We have a 3.5 year old Barred rock that is my favorite girl. I had ask about sour crop and received awesome advice and a gentle massage of her crop ended in her expelling what ever the issue...
  14. City Farmer Jim

    Foot care

    Good afternoon/evening all, not an emergency yet BUT don't want it to. We have a 3.5 year old Orpington hen that I have seen laying down quite a bit and was finally able to get ahold of her. Without knowing chicken anatomy as well as I should..she has a dark spot in the botyom center of her foot...
  15. City Farmer Jim

    AGING hens

    Happy NEW YEAR to all. I guess this the right place for this question(s). What is the typical life expectancy of a standard hen ? We have a mixed(ages) flock of 14, our oldest girls will be 4 in February and a couple are moving slower than normal. The 2 in question are 1 is barred rock and a...
  16. City Farmer Jim

    Egg eater 2.0

    Ok i know y'all are getting tired of the same(almost)question over and over again. It keeps twisting and evolving..so here it is. Can a broody pullet be an egg eater? The pullet who will be a hen in September has gone broody and discovered an eaten/broken egg today(6pm central) not positive if...
  17. City Farmer Jim

    Thin shells !!!

    This is going to be a lenghty question for the great people here at BYC and need(I think) the whole story. It starts with 4 Blue Star chicks 3 pullets and a Roo kinda ..we rehomed the roo, once they were 13-14 weeks integrated them to 8 girl flock...about 4 weeks later 1 pullett tests her wings...
  18. City Farmer Jim

    Sour crop

    Its back...what is everyone's best advice. We have a hen who had "sour crop" thst successfully was cured(I think) ..she has it again. Last time I gently massaged her crop and after 2 ish treatments like that she was back to her old self. I am wondering if it can be a brand of food? I...
  19. City Farmer Jim

    WHO CAN IT BE NOW

    This may be easy for some BUT not me. I just went to feed(check it) water(check it) and collect eggs...low and behold there were none NOT EVEN THE FAKE/FAUX eggs. The empty shell's were there on the floor and only 3 ish but fake were gone also...SO WHO CAN IT BE. ???
  20. City Farmer Jim

    Sick hen ?

    Good afternoon all, we have a 2.5 year old hen that is very lethargic and we noticed it 3-4 days ago. Its been colder than normal here in south Texas. She is the only on of our now 10 girl flock. She was attached by a predator a year ish ago but has healed and is one of our best egg dispite...
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