I have 16 ladies and they are all different in that aspect. I raised them all from chicks, holding each one of them everyday so that they wouldn't be scared of me. About 4 or 5 of them will follow me around wanting to be held. The rest of them are fine with being held but don't necessarily...
I noticed yesterday that one of my EEs has lost her fluffy feathers on her bottom around a below her vent. (not the tail feathers) At first I thought she might have been hurt by something. The skin doesn't seem to be irritated or anything, just bald. It looked like some of the feathers were...
Got my 1st egg from a Barred Rock, "Roxy" on June 22 (18 weeks and 2 days old)!!
Got my 1st green egg on June 25 from "Queen B", one of my Easter Eggers!!
I had dinner with one of my girlfriends that night who told me she was pregnant, I think I was glowing just as much as she was! haha...
At about 5 weeks old, I gave my chicks their 1st worm, it was the funniest thing I've seen!! The lucky girl who grabbed it just took off running around the coop trying to find a safe place to chow down! One of my girls has learned that she can stick her head through the chicken wire with her...