I'm having the same problem with my Partridge Rock. She is frequently on he nest but gets down when I feed. She is always puffed up and making growling/grumbling noises. We don't have a roo and I really don't want chicks. Do I have to remove her from where our other 4 hens are and put her in...
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Thanks. I quarantined her at one end of the run so I will keep her like that for a couple of weeks and try again. Meanwhile, I think my americauna may be going broody as she won't leave the nest today. I'll keep watching her.
I'm new to raising chickens so I need some advise.
We started our coop around Christmas 2013 with an americauna, a black austrolorp, a black copper maran and a black partridge rock. They all got along pretty well, except the americauna was getting bullied some by the maran. I separated the...
Henny Penny (because she is copper colored) is a Partridge Rock
Rosie is a Black Austrolorp
Miss Daisey is an Americauna
Petunia is our Copper Maran
Tiger Lily is a Barred Rock
and our newest addition is
Olive who is, you guessed it, an Olive Egger.
We're new to country life, but have decided...
A friend brought us a hen a couple weeks ago that just showed up at her neighbor's house. I'm still unsure of her breed but I think she is a Barred Rock. She is bossy and picks on the Americauna, but she lays very large medium brown eggs. Someone else said she might be a Cuckoo Maran.