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Thank you for your encouragement. I think a better understanding of mortality and life span will help us set expectations. I have learned an amazing amount in my 4 months of chicken ownership, mostly from kind people like you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. We enjoy these creatures...

I have 2 50% English Buff Orps. They are about 18 weeks. I have had them for about 3 weeks. They are very flighty and won't let me get close to them despite much hand feeding. Is this age or do I have flighty birds? I had a previous BO who was like a dog to me.

Our hen died today. She had extremely labored breathing with a clicking sound. Stopped eating and drinking. When I found her she was quite stiff with legs out straight. It had only been a few hours since I had checked on her. Is it possible this was Mereks? She was not vaccinated. Thanks...

Thanks Austinclarksf. So do I just keep up with the Corid? I am not offering food. Is that ok or should I give her something? I'll try dropping some water in beak but last time she had a major blow out sneeze. Should I do anything for the resp symptoms? Thanks so much!

20 week BR unvaccinated hen has stopped laying and become increasingly lethargic. Now just standing with eyes closed. Comb had been very pale in the last few days. Here are her symptoms: Sneezing and runny nose, lethargy, watery green poo maybe some blood in the last day or so, tail down...

A week ago I switched my 1 yo BA and 20 week BR to grower feed to accommodate some newly introduced pullets. In this week, the BR who had been newly laying regularly has stopped completely, the BA lays as usual, and all hens and pullets combs have gone pale. I have been offering oyster but...

I think you can collect eggs as often as you like. Especially if you have any broody-prone breeds, it lessens the chance they will get mommy fever. I have to do that with my BA. My hens have acces to the coop but are in their run during the day. They just go in when they need to lay. I...

Keep the faith PrairieK! The eggs will be so much better when greatly anticipated! My English Orps are 17 weeks today. I've noticed that their redness has faded. Anybody know if this is potentially from heat? It's gotten in mid 90s lately. My older Austrolorp is now laying in the evening...

GardenGirl your birds are lovely! I can't believe my 4 week old babies will be so fluffy in just a few months. One can only hope!!

Pardon the newbie questions, but is there any expected size difference between standard LF colors? I have buff and blue hens and curious if they will be roughly the same size. :rolleyes:

Congratulations BR Girl! I love to smirk at the egg case in the grocery store. I'm back in to the egg countdown with a new set of LF English Orps. Both are about 17 weeks and turning red this week. No squatting though. I think I'll have a bit longer to wait with this breed than the standard...

Hi, bumping my questions about English Orps. Anyone have thoughts on this? I am new to this breed. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

Hi, I'm new to this thread and to English Orps. I have 2 Buff Pullets about 16 weeks of age. Their faces are starting to redden. Does this seem too soon? Is it the same indicator of maturity as with standard hens? Neither is squatting yet but I was surprised to see them coloring so early...

Congrats to all the new layers. Our BR has laid her little eggs everyday except 2 in the last 10 days. Her eggs are much darker than our last BR. I guess it varies with the hen?

I got so excited I forgot to add the photo. The newbie egg with 1 yr old BA egg.

An egg!!!! It's small and quite long but YEAH for our BR. We may have to call her Liberty for laying her first on the 4th of July! Our BA seemed to be outside the coop cheering her on (or telling her to hurry and get out). Best wishes to those still watching!

Congrats to all. We are on countdown with 1 BR and 1 RIR both about 18 wks. BR has gotten very red this week. Quite loud and grumbly too. The RIR isn't quite as close. We have 1 yr BA who I hope will show them the ropes. These are replacements from a predator attack, so we can't wait to get...

At least 1 of my 4 one-year old laying hens Georgia is coughing or sneezing (not sure which it is - sounds like a loud honk with her beak open). Started about 2 weeks ago and is getting more frequent. At least one other hen may be sneezing too but not nearly as often as the first. No obvious...

I have 3 young laying hens and am curious if anyone takes their chickens with them for extended vacation trips? We have a vacation home less than 3 hours away that we occasionally visit for a few weeks at a time. We would have a secure coop and run at both houses. Anyone attempt this or see...