They unfortunately are in their run and coop most of the day. They only get let out late afternoon early evening and someone is always out there with them ever since we had a hen attacked and killed free ranging when nobody was out there. I have seen nothing in their run or coop and I have...
I have 2 black sex links that I am curious about their sex. They are 22 weeks old and have not started laying. One of them at lease makes weird loud noises sometimes sounding like a rooster but not a crow. I have attached pictures of both chickens. Can anyone tell me if they are hens or...
Wow thanks for that bit if information. I had no idea that her comb indicates the color if their eggs. I thought their ears were the indicator. Thank you so much. My kids will be so happy.
Thank you. I really like this hen. She us so sweet and friendly. She is the only one I have so far that will just sit on my lap or not care when she is picked up. She doesn't try to fly away or anything.
I got her from the local feed store. She has the black legs and feet so I'm confused as to what she is. Will she lay a green egg still? My kids named her Hulk because of the green egg she's supposed to lay.
I got this hen (hopefully) about 9 weeks ago. I was told she is an ameraucana and would lay green eggs. I've been reading that most ameraucanas are actually Easter eggers. Can anyone tell me if mine us a real ameraucana or an easter egger.
I don't really have anywhere to keep her separate tonight. Will she and my other hen be OK tonight together? I don't know where she has been or what she has gotten into over the week. She looks perfectly fine she just seemed a little hungry.
Last Friday(8 days ago) we came home to one of our hens in the backyard badly injured and another chicken missing. Sadly that night our injured chicken passed and the other chicken was no were to be found. We looked numerous times in the neighborhood over the week with no signs of her. Suddenly...
I have 1 chicken left that is fine and healthy. My concern now us the fact that my 3 chickens where raised together so she's always been with another one. I know fif sure I will be getting 2 new chicks but I'm wondering if I should get a full grown hen as well so she has somebody with her now or...
Well I have bad news. My hen passed sometime in the night. I just checked on her and she is no longer alive. I'm very sad. I never realized I would become so attached to these chickens and would cry over there death. I definitely learned from this experience and will do something different with...
Hi all,
Yesterday we left home and left our chickens out free ranging. When we returned home our White Leghorn was in corner of the yard injured and my Brown Leghorn is missing and my RIR is perfectly fine. I'm not sure what they were attacked by. My leghorn has no tail feathers left and is...
Thanks for the replies. I will just wait patiently for her to be ready. Can you guys tell me what you think or pros and cobs to clipping the hens wings. I want to put my hens in my yard and they are going nuts in their run all day. I'm not sure what to do.
I have 3 hen all bought on the same day in April as chicks. 2 of the hens started laying eggs 6-8 weeks ago however my white leghorn who is now over 6 months old has not laid anything. Is this normal? I feed all the hens lay mash and they live in a coop with a 8 foot run. They used to run my...
I have been reading on roosters and I'm a little nervous that my hen may be a rooster. I have 3 hens all 4 1/2 months. None of my other hens have large crowns or waddles and this ones is already very large. Also she is bigger than all the other hens and her feet are larger. She is a brown...
I would like to include a picture of the hen in question however I'm not very technology savvy so I cannot figure out how to attach a picture that is saved on my computer. Any help would be great.
I have 3 chickens all are 4 1/2 months old. One of them started laying eggs on Thursday. Today I went out and saw one of the hens laying on the egg. I'm not sure if this is the hen that laid the egg and this is normal or if this hen is actually a rooster. My only 2 options of who is laying...
Nikki I currently live in Victorville about an hour away from Lancaster. Can't wait to move back down the hill but living here is letting me experience this and I'm loving it so when I move its got to be chicken friendly. So far they are good in the Lowes large moving box but the bathroom idea...
I guess in my intro I should have given yih my name and a little about me. My name is Erika and I live in Southern California in a very warm area in the summer and pretty cold in the winter. We do get some snow. I have 2 kids and these little chicks are there very first pets so I really want to...