hi all,
i recently acquired 10 girls (8 wks old) of a completely mixed flock. they were raised together, so i thought "no big deal". i have never raised silkies before and there is one white girl in the mix (the rest are not silkies, but there is one cochin). she is pretty listless and seems...
after cleaning the chicken coop the other day, both myself and the farmer I work for noticed a rash all over our stomachs. it almost looks like little insect bites. he complained that he was feeling itchy as he cleaned out the litter; I did not have this reaction, and didn't even notice the...
I'm looking for between 3-4 girls, laying hens or pullets. Aracaunas, barred rocks, rhode island red- whatever you've got, i'd like to check it out! I'm in the Missoula area but will travel. Thanks!
i went out to the girls' coop this afternoon and there was what appeared to be an egg in front of the hen door. when i bent down to take a closer look, I saw that it was actually a soft, membrane-like shell which had broken on impact with the ground, and inside there was no yolk. i've heard a...
I live in a pretty small, rural neighborhood, with a enough space to have two beautiful barred rocks. I love them, and they actually just layed their first eggs this week (YAY!), but I'm starting to get extremely put off by all their sqwaking! I've had chickens before, and I've never heard...