I would not follow the recommendation for a Portie. Porties (Portuguese Water Dog) needs a lot of interaction. Leaving them alone for that amount of time is not recommended if it is consistent. Their personality is to work and be with their master all day. You also have to correct their...
I would suspect a predator based on the feathers. Some animals make small puncture wounds you have to look for through the feathers really closely. If the rest of your girls are fine I would just be watchful of them so whatever got your one girl doesn't get the rest. I don't think it was the...
The pics look like a pullet who is just maturing faster than the others. I see nothing hinting to she being a he. If it was a cockeral it would have been looking like that at a much younger age.
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They know if they come to the sliding glass door and knock that they will get a treat. They always know when dinner is too and patiently wait for any leftovers.
I lived in NJ for five years (DH is from NJ) and when we moved to MI people here drive and do everything too slow to us. I am orginally from KY and thought I missed the slower pace. We are due to transfer from MI already so we are hoping for the fast pace again.
Maybe she is microchipped?? We are getting a puppy in September and maybe she lost her collar. I have seen collars designed to release if they snag on something. I hope she wasn't abandoned!!
We asked our landlord for permission and he said he was fine with it as long as they did not come in the house or garage. As we are landlords ourselves we are diligent about maintaining the house and yard (we are in the country). We built a chicken tractor. Something easy to move when we do (our...
UPDATE: It will be 5 weeks in the next couple of days number 2 is definitely a cockerel. He has red wattles and large pink combing. His neck is covere in copper coloring. The first is definitely a pullet as she has no development and isn't showing any copper in her.
I would just let them free range and just keep them in their pen a little later in the morning if your worried about them possiy layong elsewhere. They are probably close to laying. Not everybody will lay at 18 weeks. Give them time.