I have a 1 1/2yr old Black Jersey Giant (Noir) that got thru a hole in the fence into a neighbor's yard & was attacked by their dog a few weeks ago (Aug 13). It was actually eating her alive before I could get the neighbor to get the dog off & give me the hen. It ate the skin & feathers on her...
I purchased 2 Black Jersey Giants, now 14 weeks who are being raised with a EE the same age. I know the EE will be fully grown & ready start on layer feed in about 6 weeks but the BJG's are slow growers that will not be fully grown until their 2 yrs old & will probably not start laying until the...
I have a year old Easter Egger, Reese, who went broody for about 3 months. She finally gave up on trying to hatch her golf balls last week, w/in 2 days she was laying again & had taken back her original nightly spot on perch in the coop. About the same time as this I started to notice small...
I noticed one of my 13 week old EE's, 'Pepper', sounded like she was wheezing & honking (she's always honked instead of clucking) when I let the birds out of the coop this morning. When I went to give the girls roast for lunch Pepper was trying to eat as much as the others but was having to drop...