Hey all!
I have a flock of 12. Six are 7 months old, and six are 5 months old. All but one of the 7 months old girls started laying eggs, but have been tapering off with the change in light. Temps have just reached below freezing at night and are about mid-40's during the day. About a week ago...
I have one chicken in Chicken Prison, under observation for a potential fowl pox outbreak. She just started laying about a week ago, and has been an every-dayer since she started.
Our Chicken Prison is a large dog cage wrapped in hardware cloth, with pine shavings for bedding and food and...
I noticed an ashy, raised bump on the comb of one of my Welbars two days ago, and yesterday it turned dark. I isolated her into a chicken prison when it turned dark, and she's been living in her own little space with food and water for the last day. Here are a couple of photos:
From a backyard...
I'm excited to be joining up! New to chickens and dove deep into the rabbit hole
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
This is my first flock! I'm new to chickens, but not to birds. I worked at a 'bird zoo' for 7 years, so I'm not totally foreign to bird care...it's...