I read in the chicken calculator thread something about there being a lethal variant of the white gene? I have two English white hens with the black dot on their head. One of my roos is tibetan, one is golden maybe? Or some sort of tan? I know the golden can also be lethal. I had a chick hatch...
She's always gathered up the day's eggs for me and been halfheartedly sitting on the pile when I check in the evening, but she gets up when I open the door. Today, she has all the eggs (4 or 5 depending on today's lay) tucked well up under her and she is showing no signs of being willing to get...
One my coveys is full of neurotic crazy hens. I got them as adults (6-7 weeks old) from the same place I got my day old chicks thinking I could cheat my way to a higher hen count. Nope. I have one very happy and calm hutch full of quail I raised from chicks and one crazy hutch full of sickly...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Totally new. Moved to the country after 15 years in a big city and the first thing I wanted were chickens. Well, I also wanted goats and alpaca, but the chicken seemed a more reasonable place to start. After getting a variety pack of...