So my just under a year old hen in a flock of three hens all the same age, with no rooster, is broody. At first I wasn't sure but now I'm positive of it as she has not come out of the nest in over a week she's sitting in it at night time and she's absolutely incorrigible if you come near it...
I have 3 pullets about 20 weeks old, 2 of them just started laying 2 weeks ago and I just so happened to need to go out for feed last week anyhow so I switched to layer feed. They won't eat it barely at all. Should I try another brand? Switch back to what I was using? I have oyster shell out...
I didnt see what happened but I surmised from the kids, my 7 year old was swinging around a butterfly net "trying to catch butterflies" aka being silly bc there a no butterflies to be seen today. She somehow clipped Buttercup, our Speckled Sussex pullet who was happily minding her own business...
Let's try this again...a few days ago I wrote a whole post and then paste the questions over it by mistake and posted something that didnt make much sense! So here goes, part 2!
I am new to chickens, we just got them for the first time this spring. I researched chixken keeping a few years...
So this is my first time raising chickens, I researched it in the past but decided to wait bc I had a 2 year old then 2 years later another baby. Here we are 4 years later and my 17 year old cousin went and purchased 8 chickens. He couldnt manage them so now I had them. We built the a...
Hey there y'all!! My name is Kristin (if you couldnt guess from theis nemneñúuser name haha). Our family i
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
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(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
(3) What breeds do you have?
(4) What are your favorite aspects of raising...