My blue rosecomb hen hatched some babies recently. They all have the same sire, also a blue rosecomb, but we noticed before the hatch that there were eggs that were not hers, at least two other hens put eggs in the nest. So that's fun but not really related to my question which is, how soon...
I have noticed the hens chasing off one of the drakes over the last few days. My husband's theory is that they're trying to make him integrate with the 2 babies that they hatched that are almost at maturity. Google states that shunning could be a territorial thing but I would think it would be...
My birds were attacked last Monday by a new neighbor's dog. Most escaped untouched but one of my hens is missing all of her tail feathers and there was a nasty bite in that area. She was back out roaming the yard on day 5 but I'm wondering if the injury will impact egg production. Prior to the...
We have been into the chicken life for a few years now. We dabbled at our last house in town with a handful of chickens but then lost them all to predators and a harsh winter. We moved out to the country in '19 and started a new flock in the early spring of '20. It was just 4 hens, at first. We...