I woke up this morning to what sounded like my hens being attacked. I went out to the coop to see what was happening and let them out and found that all the hens (including the pullets who have been sleeping in nest boxes their whole lives) were cowering up on the roosts while one big hen...
I have 3 broodies who are caring for our 7 chicks. The chicks have hatched over the course of a week. One more hatched today and we have about 15 eggs left. Until today, they've taken turns sitting on eggs and caring for newborns but today they're ignoring them! The youngest chick is...
We went to clean out the coop today and found our silkie sitting very quietly by herself in the nest box. I know silkies have a tendency to go broody, so I'm certainly not ruling that out. But what I found peculiar is that she was very unresponsive. I've read that hens get defensive and vocal...