I have a hen that as been sitting in the nesting box for about 2 weeks. I can finically make her leave but she's back with in an hour. When I push her out she puffs up her feathers and the eventually gets food and water. Today I moved her nesting box out of the corner and she just went to the...
I live in So Texas and we just had a hurricane which left tons of mosquitoes. I have Eradicators hanging in the yard. I put cedarcide around my porch and the house, not near my chickens, I believe it's toxic for them. Keeping them inside is not an option, but also these mosquitoes are tiny get...
She is not yet a year old. She started laying eggs regularly last November. Her "sister" died mysteriously 2 months ago and she has laid 1 egg since then. Any ideas of what's going on?
I have a hen who started laying eggs last November, she was 5 mo old. She always lays on the same place. She hasn't laid an egg in 7 days. Is that normal?
I tried to introduce my two 11 week old hens to my flock. My flock has is 2 hens and 1 rooster. The rooster was fine but the 2 hen tried to attack the young ones. They have been in a small coop next to the main coop so they have been next to each other for about a month. What is the proper way...
I got my first batch of chicks in May. Out of 5 I have 2 hens and 3 roosters...not by choice, that's just how it is. I decided I most likely have fertile eggs so I hatched out 6 more. Seems to be going well I do think one was injured during hatching they are 3 days old and that one is still with...