I got this girl along with 3 others from a guy that ran out of room. He gave me an Americana, a RIR, a Silverrudd? Doesn’t really look like a Silverrudd i have seen pictures of but could be wrong, and the one really in question is this Maran he added in. I know MM are a cross and she has really...
Was just wondering if anyone has tried to cross a big Brama with Indio Gigantes to get the tall of Indio Gigante and the thick largeness of a Brama? Not sure if it would work but was curious if anyone ventured down that road or if it would be what I am picturing!
Hello all, I have some “Chocolate Eggers” from Cackle that are about a month away from laying and wondered if anyone had them and if they lay super dark brown eggs like I hope! Thanks!
I have a younger flock of 10 pullets and 3 cockerels in a run beside the big girls’ run. The young ones are around 14 weeks old and the older girls are a little over a year old. The boys are starting to come into their own occasionally trying to grab the young girls to mate. Would it be fine to...
Quick question for you more educated folks! I have a Olive Egger lady, about a year and a half old.. she just stays in the nesting box as much as she can and she isn’t always in the same box and still looks healthy. The boxes stay clean so I know she isn’t like not moving or pooping in there...
So I have an established flock of 16 chickens. I have started constructing another run and coop that butts up to the original run and i just recently moved my new 13 chicks that are 9 weeks old out to the new coop i am constructing. My question is if I keep the new 13 in the new coop/run until...
I ordered 5 pullets and 1 cockerel. I received what I thought 8 pullets and my Specked Sussex cockerel. Posting 2 suspects along with my originally ordered cockerel Speckled Sussex. They are 5 1/2 weeks old and are “Chocolate Eggers” from Cackle. Hopefully you can tell me they are just fast...
I have multiple hens eating eggs every day now. What started as a cracked egg here and there or an empty shell once in a while has turned into a full blown attack on eggs. Like 3-6 eggs a day empty. I changed food in January and we started to see a few empty shells so probably beginning of...
I have had a few birds over the past 6 months or so cross the bridge but those were more loss of balance/leg issues (never found an exact reason..
BUT yesterday I had a hen acting semi strange of little more wanting to be by herself.. puffed up a bit, head/neck kinda pulled in, and kinda just...
Getting some eggs that are greener than expected. The first pictured girl of the 3 looks a little lighter brown than the other 2 and wondered to your eyes if they look like they should have laid pretty blue and I was just unlucky!
Hi, I have a 5 month old roo starting to limp but almost as if his leg is shorter than the other. He is growing and eating and drinking all fine but I can’t understand why he is limping. I recently had a hen that started limping bad like no weight and i checked her over multiple times with no...
My 22 week old rooster is acting funny. He has always kind of been kinda a slower stay to himself kind of guy since I got the breeding pair at about 12 weeks old. Recently he has been a little more lethargic and sleepy. Takes him a few tries to get on the roost which initially gave me concern...
I had gotten a breeding pair early-mid August. After a few weeks in a side pen and then a few weeks in a pen inside the run, they have been in with my other 17 hens for about a month now. They still sleep in the run and stay to themselves mostly. Both still get picked on/chased a little bit...
I have 17 7 month old hens and have a new breeding pair that is 14-16 weeks that has been in a side area against the fence for 2 weeks and i put a small area outdoor dog pen inside the run for 1 week. Initially my hens were reaching through grabbing the newbies but have not seen it anymore. Do...
I have a question if anyone has experienced this… I have a Run Chicken auto pop door and I programmed it to 6am up and 9:40 down. Since installing it I have noticed it has progressively opened later and closed later. Do you have to reprogram often or is that just kinda a thing? I looked out this...
I may have an almost 6 month old cockerel that is at his last stop if he doesn’t shape up before freezer camp. I am an avid waterfowl hunter but a first time chicken owner. I was curious if cleaning chickens has any similarities to say a duck or goose. Have plenty experience breasting out and...
We had an incident this morning while I was getting ready for work and my wife went out to check eggs.. she noticed the water was empty so when in the change it and our 5 1/2 month old cockerel decided he was going to attack her. Jumped up and scratched her legs and pecking. She immediately came...
I have 17 hens (not all laying yet but close) and 4 identical nesting boxes. This morning I had 2 hens in the 2 outer boxes with 2 in line (seriously in a single file line waiting) for each and another decided the corner of the coop was a nice spot. Why do they not want the 2 middle boxes? Are...
I have quite a few different breeds but nobody lays a dark egg. The ones in question are the 2 outside eggs and I added the other ones for comparison!!
Other breeds are:
Amberlink
Sliver Laced Wyandotte
Pearl Star
Blue Rock
Barred Rock
and then my Olive Eggers
Any help would be greatly...