Hi, I have 28 week old pullet that just laid her first egg about 10 minutes ago, it was very large for a first egg, and had a couple of bloody spots on it. I checked her bottom her vent is a bit swollen and large, but nothing like the pics of vent prolapse online. She seems happy, free ranging...
This morning at 6:30 I turned my chickens out to free range and one would not get down from the roosting bar. I picked her up and put her outside and she went back in and sat down in a corner. Her feathers look good, and her eyes are bright. She did have some watery yellow poop, but no blood was...
Hello, I have been using this site for a month or two but I forgot to introduce my self oops, so hi from Hartselle Alabama! I have 12 Easter Egger chicks, and I am really enjoying them. They are moving outside to their coop in two weeks, so my husband and I have to get on the ball and finish it!
I heard from my mom and grandmother that chicks raised in a brooder will not know how to forage when turned out to free range, if they have no example to follow. Is this true?