i have one rooster and one hen blue Cochin. As soon as the hen lays an egg the rooster pecks it until he breaks it then they both eat it. How do I stop this? I'd love to have some babies out of them.
i just got three salmon favorelle pullets they were eight weeks old. I got them on the tenth of sept. I've got one that is the biggest fatest one, is acting very lethargic, it is still eating but besiepdes that it just stands around with its head tucked under its feathers. The other two are...
my chickens have all been free range, I recently built a coop and put them In it. I have eighteen hens and one rooster locked in the coup. All of a sudden a hen or two, or more, I don't know, sH ave scratched all the bedding out of the nesting boxes onto the floor of the coup. I had old hay...
i have the majority of my chickens locked up. But I have a few old hen that aren't laying anymore out free ranging. A hawk got one of them this morning. If I put the rest of the hens up, will the hawk eventually go someplace else and not come back? Than I could turn my old hens back loose again?