This may be true. I have a Welsummer who has laid only 3 eggs in almost 2 years. It took her 15 months to lay her first egg. How disappointing is that? Just plain sucks!!
I have been wondering what in the world could be the lull myself. I have been looking all around the yard for a good month to see if they had been laying somewhere else, but found nothing. I did find a large snake by the coop one day and was wondering if it was eating all my eggs, but with a...
Before the hurricane my husband loved his trees. We have about 35 mature trees all around the house and they are so pretty and help keep the house and yard cool in the summer. After the hurricane my husband wants to cut all the trees down. I still don't understand why certain ones fell and...
Thanks everyone for the support. We have taken it all down today and plan to start rebuilding tomorrow. I am going to make the run bigger because unfortunately I didn't understand chicken math when we first built it. I planned on only having 3 chickens and now have 8. I can't wait to rebuild...
Hurricane Irene tore through eastern North Carolina on Saturday. I was so worried about my chickens, but was prepared and locked everybody in their coop with food and water for the day. I never expected the trees near the coop to come crashing down. It was my first hurricane. What an awful...
He liked the water bath. Tried to bite me. That's a good sign. I got some water in him and put an ice pack under him. What should I do during the day? They have plenty of shade and water. They free range mostly.
I looked him over and don't see any mites or lice, but starting to wonder about his crop. It feels like a grapefruit size. It is squinchy, not rock hard. Is that normal?
Sooo.... I am new to chickens so I will try my best to explain what is going on best that I can.
My rooster for the past couple of month has been kinda lethargic (he is about 24 weeks old). I thought it was due to the North Carolina heat. It is very hot lately. The only thing noticeable...
I feel your excitement! I got my first egg today too! Wooo hoooo. It is like Christmas. I was so excited that I couldn't even eat dinner tonight! Congrats to you!
My first egg ever!!!! I am soooo happy. It was even laid in the nest box!! I am so excited that I can hardly contain myself. It is the small greenish colored egg in the picture. The egg next to it is a jumbo store bought egg. My EE is 24 weeks old today.
This is Goldie.
When I integrated my chickens I noticed an instigator and did exactly what ridgerunner mentioned and locked her up for awhile so that the new chickens could get to know the others. Then once I returned the instigator with her new attitude everything went along just fine. They always seemed to...