A few weeks ago I went on a road trip with my family and I told the neighbors to help me feed the chickens. Right after they started feeding them the chickens started to lay eggs. FYI they have stopped laying for a while. The neighbors have been feeding them the same feed the same portion. I'm...
A few days ago I have started noticing that one of my hen's feces are a little abnormal. I would say it looks like humans diarrhea, which I know is not normal. For the past few weeks the only diet change was watermelon rind. The rind is always freshly cut and isn't moldy or rotten. There hasn't...
These few days, I have always been hearing screams coming from the backyard coming from the chickens. But, when I go check, things seem to be going fine. They have been doing this for quite a few days and around the same time in the morning. I was wondering if this was some kind of call? Or a...
Today I just got back from a road trip, and one of our chickens was dead, it died just like the last one, same place and looked the same. The chicken was a hen and it was just laying and doing fine. I don't know if it was a disease, or if she had a heart attack or something, but If y'all know...
I went to feed and check on my chickens today, and I noticed my rooster Bean, and one of my hens Honey, eating feathers off of one of my hens daisy. She seemed to care less about what they were doing with her feathers, but she was losing feathers from her tail and from her back. I didn't know...
These few weeks, we have been missing eggs from 2 of our hens. When I checked the laying places the eggs were missing. The first few times, there wasn't any sign of shell or anything. Then today, I found 2 shells near the hatching area of our chickens. We have a pretty protected and fenced place...
So today when I was going out to collect eggs from the nests of my chickens, I noticed one of my chickens consuming pebbles next to the deck. I chased her away from the pebbles right away. I wonder if the chicken will be ok? I'm just making sure that she will be ok because she ate quite a few. I...
So for when I go and feed my chickens, I feed then rice, and corn and some egg maker's feed. I mainly feed rice, and corn is just like a treat sometimes. The chickens usually lay eggs when I feed rice, but is there like any other food that I can feed my chickens with? I know one of my chickens...
So today I went to feed my chickens when I saw one of the hens missing, I went to look for her and saw her dead in the nest. No sign of any injuries or wounds but she was dead on her back. I think it may be a heart attack but I wasn't so sure. If anybody has any ideas please help. I appreciate...