They were all doing great this morning. I'm about to head out with a treat (sunflower seeds!) and check them again. I'm keeping a close eye on them. Hubby is going to clean the coop this afternoon so I'll check out those links! Thanks!
Is it normal for them to die so quickly? I mean literally within 3 hours of me finding her so lethargic, she was dead. I'm concerned about my other girls. They are all acting fine but I'm just worried now!
I went out at lunch to check on my girls and one of my youngest (aprox 3 mth old) reds was laying under the nesting boxes, with another of my girls. When I went over to check them the ohter one got up and went outside (was letting them out to free range in the back yard). So I bent down to pet...
I honestly have no clue what 'kind' they are. They all lay brown eggs but the white and black. She lays the prettiest pale green eggs. Just by looking at pictures I'm thinking she may be a Brahma? We've had our girls a month and today we got FIVE eggs! We've been getting about 2-3 a day. They...
Thanks! My hubby is out building them a cage right now to fit into our existing coop. We were given some of their feed to last a few days but I will be going out tomorrow to pick up some more and hopefully pick up the Chicken for Dummies book (and vitamins too!)! Thanks for your help. I'm going...
Thank you so much! I kind of questioned the age different as well. My husband said the man he got them from had several different ages, so it may be that he got that information mixed up. To answer some of your questions:
We have no idea how old our hens are. I asked my hubby when he brought...
We just started our chicken adventure a month ago. We bought 6 hens from a local farmer and have had great success with them! Well my hubby wanted more, so he was going to get 2 more hens but came home with four (Rhode Island Reds), two 5 week old and two 6 week old. I have no idea what to do...