Hi all so I have 2 hens one has just reach POL the other was laying before the introduction of a younger hen and then she went and molted she has all of a sudden gone and sat at the bottom of the roost for the past 24 hours at least I removed her from the spot to just have a look at her health I...
Hi all greetings from sunny South Africa, I really would appreciate some advice, I collected a hen 18 days ago she didn't lay for the first 2 days we had her then daily she laid some great eggs skipping one Sunday thus laid 15 eggs, she decided yesterday afternoon to start going broody sitting...
Hi BYC friends greetings from a cold and chilly South Africa.
A quick request for some advice from my side.
I have built a roost box and nesting box for my Brahmas, I have one Hen and 2 x 8week old Chicks one cockerel and a hen, I would just like to find out if there is any changes needed or...
Hello again as we all know by now a newbie BYC member here wanting some advice, I was told when I got them the chicks were a Hen and a cockerel. I would like advice confirming the like. They are between around 6 weeks old
I was told this is the Hen
And the above is the cockerel
Hen wing ...
Hi all so as a new BYC owner a quick question about nest boxes, I have been letting our first hen sleep outside as she was quite the old chick when I got her some say about 16 weeks, I decided to build a nesting box and I would just like to find out how one encourages the use of the nesting box...
Hi there all and greetings from a chilly Germiston, in one would say sunny South Africa,
I would like to introduce myself as a new back yard chicken dad got my first 16 week old Brahma on the 9th of May 2023,
I'm going to use the template below and then I will be asking some questions about my...