I am a new chicken owner. I have 10 hens, all 28 weeks & bought at the same time. One is suddenly lethargic this afternoon. I have no clue where to start to address what's wrong. She's a Barred Rock, 28 weeks, she's laying (not sure about today). My chickens have a large coop and big...
In the BYC newsletter that was emailed this Friday, there was a link entitled "I have grass in the chicken run. It works. yaah". It linked to some wonderful pics of a yard and coop in NC with green "salad bars" for chickens. I tried to link back to it today and it takes me to something...
I tried searching for this topic before posting but can only find feather loss related to molting....
Is it normal to have several (10) feathers in my coop daily? I have 10 hens and 1 rooster. They are 7 weeks old tomorrow. I don't know if they're missing something from their diet , if it's...
Got our first chickens on Saturday, Feb 26 from a local feed store. They were born on Thursday, Feb 24. Got 12 hens...different breeds (Araucana, New Hampshire, Buff Orpingtons, Barred Rock, Dominiques). They've all done great so far. Today I am noticing that one of them is very lethargic...