Thinking one is a friendly roo and one a very sweet little hen. I've got as many hens as I can handle and I cannot have a roo without sending my neighbors on a witch hunt! Lafayette, CA
My 10 month old bramha has been sitting on an empty nest for a week. We gently 'sweep' her out to make her eat and drink every morning but she runs back into the coop as soon as we reopen it. There are 3 hens that lay there and we collect the unfertile eggs daily. Now I have 5 little banam...
I have a bramha hen - about 10 months old that is sitting on a the spot where 2 of my other hen lay (rod island and a white leghorn). The brahma used to lay in the same spot until she stopped laying. The other two keep laying next to the bramha who then sits on their (unfertile) eggs and...
we just adopted our fourth chicken and we have room for one more but i want to make sure that i get one that is nice and wont peck at my heels do you know of any breeds that are better than other?
I'm sure my little americana has gone broody. We haven't found one of her eggs in a couple of weeks and today she disappeared. Our yard is not that big and we've look everywhere! She's certainly found a good hiding place. I'm worried about whether she'll come in at night - we have coons and...
When do roosters begin to crow?? we have a pullet who is a bantan cross (we are not sure exactley what kinds) and it is 4 months old andjust started crowing and we dont want a rooster!!!
Daisy is about 10 or 11 months and is a barred rock***
for a while she has been laying eggs the size of goose eggs and now she has some sort of cherry sized bloody "ball" hanging out of her butt she is also missing many feathers around that area what should i do? I looked to see if this happend...
I have 4 chickens but only 2 are old enough to lay, the first one that started laying was Bell and for some reason she barly ever stays in the same place so I tried putting a golf ball in the coop but she now wont go near it so I tried locking her in the coop and she paces back and forth and...
I just wanted to ask if there was any specific way to find a chicken's nest hidden in your yard?
I have 4 chickens 1 2 month old 1 6 month old 1 that is 9 months and finaly 1 that is about 10 months.
The 9 month old started laying about a week ago and I am not sure if the 10 month old is laying...