Hi All,
I have a hen about 2years? I'm not exactly sure her age since I adopted her.
She's normally pretty up and about and very food motivated but the last few days she's been laying down a lot and her color has paled a bit.
I put some VetRX on her and her color seems to have come back a bit...
Two of my chickens were fighting over the new nest box today, one keeps chasing the other out after she settles down to lay. I found the egg from the aggressor but I couldn't find the egg of the other hen that was being chased. My run isn't huge and I actually sifted through the entire thing...
How it started:
(Yes, those are chickens in a trash can, and no they didn't stay in there for long lol)
And now:
I've gone off the deep end on tinkering with this coop for a month but my chicken training yard/parkour course is almost complete! The flock just lazing about in this summer heat...
One of my hens (Butter) keeps picking at the face of the newer hen (Milk) and I'm not sure if this is dominance behavior or if it's her preening the newcomer? Do chickens preen each other like song birds? Milk just freezes while Butter picks at her beard. I've also caught Butter pecking at the...
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for having me :)
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Very new, Just had a family friend drop off 2 birds last month and then picked up two questionable pullets last week!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
4!
(3) What breeds do you have...
I picked up two "pullets" off craiglist but someone has pointed out that I've been scammed and these are cockerels. They're between 8.5-9.5 weeks in these pictures.
I was also told they're lavender orpington mixes? but others were saying they're blue laced red wyandottes.
Taters is the lighter...