Hi. I have kept chickens for over ten years. I've moved and currently live in a neighborhood with an HOA, so I cut my flock down to just two. My current two ladies, an Easter Egger and a Barred Rock, were hatched in 2/23 and started laying late summer last year. End of August last year, my EE...
My 3 year old Americauna, Helga, laid an egg today that is completely covered in yellow yolk. The egg itself is fine, no cracks, and there were no cracked/broken eggs in the nest box. She is a consistent layer, about 4 eggs a week even now, and this is the first time this has happened. Should I...
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So my hen started out with her comb going flat, and just seeming out of sorts. She's usually active, vocal, and will run behind me across the yard if I bring treats out. Today she lay down to eat a cucumber I brought out-- I've never seen any of...
I noticed one of my girls looking rather down today, and I don't know what to make of it. She is one of our two dominant hens, always first when I scatter wheat, follows me around, etc. This morning she was moving slowly, her tail is down/not standing all the way up, her comb is really dark red...
We have three chickens that live in our fenced in garden area (for their protection, our dogs aren't to be trusted). It is 20' x 90', mostly garden dirt but with grass they nip at through the chain link fence. There are standing raspberry bushes and we also left the corn stalks standing, to...