So today my two girls laid eggs that are very different to normal. One laid an egg much smaller than usual. The other laid one with an unusual speckled pattern when normally her eggs are quite dark. Any ideas why? Pictures show their 'usual' eggs along with today's eggs for comparison. Nothing...
I have a 17 week old black copper Maran. She's still only making tweet chirping sounds and no chicken noises at all. Is this normal? My slightly older Orpington and black tail were making chicken noises from when we first got them which was around 17 weeks old.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Recently purchased two hens three or four weeks ago. I've currently lost all concept of time and can't remember how long exactly.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? Two
(3) What breeds do you have? A Blacktail and an...
So we recently purchased two hens about three or four weeks ago now (currently lost all sense of time).
One of them is so lovely and comes for cuddles with me and makes a purring clucking sound.
The other one makes the most awful screaming noise the second she sees me and tries to bite me...