I have two 6 weeks old Lavender Orpingtons. One has a strange neck tuft that fluffs up, is very cocky, will peck your hand when you reach in the brooder, watches everything, and stares down our dog. He or she is sweet once out of the brooder though.
The other is very calm and sweet all the...
I just ordered pur new chicks. They will arrive in February.
Currently we have 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Australorps, 1 Easter Egger, and 1 Gold Sex Link. We lost our other Easter Egger to a dog and our other Gold Sex Link died of unknown causes. All hens.
We just ordered 17 new pullets. All new...
I have a Barred Rock hen that has been through the ringer. She already knocked on death's door once after another hen pecked her eye. We had to hand feed and water her for a few days and treat her eye. She recovered finally.
Shortly after that she started limping. No idea what happened. We...