Hello chicken experts!
This is my first time raising bantams. My question is: do they mature at a faster rate than standards? My flock is just 8 weeks old and already I have "crowers" which I am sure are cockerels. I am fairly certain my previous standards never announced their male identity...
Hope some one has some insight for me! I noticed this morning that my matriarch Light Brahma has pink in between her toes. Then I noticed that my Rhode Island Red does, also. The scales don't seem to be raised, they don't seem to be limping, any ideas? I only have two other hens and their feet...
I have one rooster (a year old this month) and six hens. He is very "attentive" to his ladies and I would like to know if there is a slowing down as he gets older or as the days get warmer. Also, how do I know when the hens have had enough? I have coats on all but two--one is Baby who rarely...
Does anyone know of a good site where I can see good pictures of eggs belonging to the breed? I am suddenly unable to figure out which hens are laying which eggs. I have 6 layers--light Brahma, RIR, Golden Comet, Plymouth Barred Rock and 2 Buff Orpingtons. I believe all are laying, but they...
Hello, does anyone have an idea why our Golden Comet is apparently laying eggs in her sleep? She will be 1 yr in May and has laid us lovely eggs, in the nest, for 2 months or more. Now, these last two weeks, she drops a pre-dawn egg under the roost. Sometimes it is a soft shell, sometimes...