One of my girls was attacked today by random dog that broke into an extra run I give them to stretch out a bit. Huge husky looking thing, never saw it in the neighborhood before, no collar on it either. He seemed to grab her by the back just above her butt and caused a huge gash down to the...
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One of my hens occasionally lays these types of eggs. Just looks like extra material on the shell, and it rubs off with my fingernails. Internally the eggs are fine. Any idea why this is happening? I believe she was the last of group to start laying (all the same age).
She's...
Ok...watching my girls grow quickly, I realized I needed to build them a real coop. I had gotten the "Orpington Lodge" from The Chicken Coop Company before I received the chicks. I only ordered 4 chicks so I figured it would be okay. Two things happened:
1) The pre-made coop was not NEARLY...
Been having a blast raising these little freaks and perusing the boards. What an amazing resource you have here.
Over the last day, one of my "chicks" (now 6 weeks old) seemed to have a growth spurt and developed interesting comb and waddles. Gippy has always been on the smaller size compared...
Finally got the lunatics outside for their first field trip this weekend. They were 2.5 weeks old (now 3 wks) and the temps were in the high 80's in the sun. They looked like they had a blast! And I can start to see their personalities when they have more room to explore and bother each other...
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I've been considering getting my own chickens for a some time and have been lurking here for a while. So much valuable information, I can't thank you enough.
Seeing how excited my fiance and our combined family was at the idea, we bit the bullet and got 5 Black Australorp chicks...