A hen will lay an egg a day until she masses a dozen or so. Once she goes broody, she'll spend nearly 24/7 sitting on the eggs. The first egg laid might be 12 or more days old before she starts incubating them. Regardless, that 12 day old egg along with the last egg she laid will all start...
My only hen that still laying right now is a white leghorn that I rescued. She was looking really rough when I got her, and wasn't sure if she'd even live, but with loots of nurturing, she's happy, healthy and living the high life of daily free ranging.
All of my hens are molting heavily now...
I have only one hen laying--my ex-battery rescued white leghorn. They're all molting and taking a vacation.
So yeah, I'm buying those pathetic grocery eggs.
I have an Ancona hen that's in the middle of a full molt.
She typically has a very large and very red comb that flops over like a leghorn hen's comb. Right now, she's otherwise very healthy and active, but her comb is getting smaller and smaller every day. It's also pinkish and not bright...
If the parents are pure, their ducklings will be the same color, but if there's some other breeds in the blood line, there's a chance you'll get something different. Regardless, chances are pretty good that they will at least mostly be all fawn and white.
I studied "human survival skills" sometime back, and one thing I remember is that anything with feathers or fur is edible.
All mammals and birds are safe to be eaten.
Keep in mind that he's not a loner. Chickens do best with other chickens. I had to stitch up one of my hens after a dog attack. I kept her inside for several days and she was just sitting on her perch very quiet. When I brought in her best buddy hen to stay in the kennel with her, she...
From what I'm seeing, I think she'll be fine.
She's walking the run with the other hens looking for whatever bugs may have crawled or flown into the area over night.
Funny thing though...she keeps going to the spot where she found the spider. She's scratching around, and it looks like she's...
Thanks.
So far all is well. It's been about 30 minutes now and no effects. She swallowed it so fast, she could have been bitten internally. I wouldn't be surprised if it was still alive when it reached her crop.
I'll keep watching her. My wife will watch her after I leave for work, and...
Just as the title says. I picked up their waterer to fill it about 5 minutes ago, and a huge black widow fell to the ground. It apparently crawled under overnight. We have so many of those here in Tennessee.
As soon as it hit the ground, my New Hampshire hen pounced on it and ate it.
Have...