A couple weeks ago, a friend gave us 5 chicks from her order of 15 and said they were "Buffs". I'm guessing they are 3 weeks old? We have a couple Buff Orpingtons and assumed that these were also but now that their feathers are coming in I'm not so sure. They also seem to have a different...
I came home from work to find one of our 1 year old Buffs (Buffy) dead in the run. We have 9 chickens. They were all fine and normal when I came home for lunch. I don't see any signs of a struggle or intruder and I don't see any injuries on her body. The other 8 all seem fine.
I sat with them...
I have 9 chickens. 6 that lay brown eggs and 3 that lay green. Lately we've been getting a total of 9 eggs per day and each day it's 7 brown eggs and 2 green eggs. What's going on? Is one chicken laying 2 eggs at a time? It's just after noon and I've gathered 7 brown eggs already. Is it...
Hello,
I've been lurking here since the end of March and have been learning a lot. I'm new to raising chickens. I live in NE Wisconsin. There is no ordinance in the small town where I live. City Hall said its ok as long as we don't have 100 chickens. LOL. A friend is taking some of the...