One of my chickens seems to be losing all of her feathers suddenly. I believe it may be the same rhode island red that was trying to brood last week. she doesnt seem to be hurting. I picked her up and looked her over and she didnt seem to mind and she is acting normal but all of her feathers are...
I have a chicken tractor with a hen house attached. Recently i have noticed that 3 of 4 of my chickens have stopped going into the hen house at night. They all still lay eggs in the hen house but they stay in the run area on a perch all night. 1 chicken still goes in every night. I thought it...
I just checked the hen house and found an egg literally the size of a marble. Should I be concerned? it came from one of our rhode island reds and she has never layed an egg this size. she is one year old and seems healthy.
Thanks.
I just checked the hen house and found an egg literally the size of a marble. Should I be concerned? it came from one of our rhode island reds and she has never layed an egg this size. she is one and seems healthy.
I live in Denver Colorado and love my backyard chickens. We are having a cold winter and initially I had a heat lamp in the hen house. however I have noticed in the last few weeks that they dont go into the hen house at night even though its 10-20 degrees. They instead, stay outside on the...
How do I display pics of my coop? I have several pictures of it during all stages of construction. Most of the ideas i got from this site and i would like to "pay it forward". Thanks
Tim "Father Hen"