my 24 week old EE just layed her first egg on sunday! problem is she laid it in the garden, then today in the compost pile! when she was getting ready in the compost pile today i picked her up and put her in her nest box, but she refused to stay there. any suggestions?
or is my roo an abusive mate? I'm not sure if my roo is just trying to mate ,or just very mean, I don't actually see what he is doing ,but i will hear my hen screech, and when i get outside she is running away from him and sometimes he has feathers (hers) in his beak. is this normal? are they...
she has been sitting in the same spot all morning and thats unusual for her, she hasn't started laying untill now, should i move her?to her coop? how long does it take to lay an egg? and i'm wondering about tonight, if she's in the garden, she wont be safe from preditors. any suggestions???
Hi I am a fairly new chicken mom, i have a hen and a rooster. i thought i'd start slow with two hens but one turned out to be a rooster. they are about 16 weeks old now. my rooster has suddenly turned into a meanie! we are trying to show him whos boss, hopefully this will work because i don't...