I have a young hen who stopped laying 3 weeks ago. She is about 9 months old, an exchequer leghorn, and just started laying this spring. She was laying about 5 eggs a week up until 3 weeks ago when I deep cleaned my coop - the first deep clean since she started laying. She has laid zero eggs...
Hi all! This white guy/gal is supposed to be a pullet but I'm worried about how pink this comb is. This is a 6 week old "super blue egg layer" from My Backyard Chicken. FWIW they are supposed to have pea combs, or very rarely single combs. Pullet or cockerel?
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I noticed one of my girls had a swollen foot yesterday which prompted me to check everyone's feet, and I have multiple hens with various degrees of bumblefoot. 😢 (I'm fairly new at this and I feel awful - clearly I should have been checking their feet regularly which I will do going...
I have a broody hen, and I'm getting some day old chicks to see if she will raise them. 🥰 I'm looking for advice on how to feed and water everyone. Currently I have my feeder (grandpa's feeder) and waterer (the metal nipple kind) in the run with nothing in the coop.
I was planning to make a...
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I'm new to chicken keeping and looking for some reassurance about moving my girls to their new coop in cool weather.
I'm in Connecticut and have 6 chicks who are just shy of 6 weeks old, all cold hardy breeds. They are currently in my basement with an eco glow heater raised up to...