Our barnevelder is our first girl to go broody about 2-3 weeks ago. She’s around 18 months old and was growling and taking food from my hand up until a few days ago when I got too sick to climb into the coop for a few days to hand feed her.
Last night she was in her nest, seemingly her normal...
•California grey, born Feb 2023
•Dog bite occurred 5pm yesterday
•Found her immediately following attack, under woodpile, wouldn’t move but breathing
•2 wounds: 1 puncture to back near tail into fatty tissue and 1 skin tear / flap on back partially under right wing (when observing from back)*...
Hi BYC community, I’m writing because my girls have me stumped. I have a small mixed flock of 4 that I adopted as chicks from a local farm in Feb: a Barnevelder, 2 Americauna / EE, and one that was supposed to be a Cuckoo Maran, now suspected to be a Barred Rock.
It started last Tuesday (5 days...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
True motivated interest & research hatched a few years ago, but we only recently settled into the right property to make our eggciting dream a reality!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
We currently have our first 4...