Approximately 7 weeks old. Taken in as an orphan. Was looking like pullet but recently tail feathers have become very long and "she" has made a few sounds that might be attempts at crowing.
We have one chicken laying these eggs that don't have formed yolks and have some blood in them. I think it's our broody buff orpington. Is this a sign of infection?
Thanks everyone -- they aren't drawing blood, not even pecking at the younger ones at this point. They did some pecking in the beginning, but now they just chase them, and otherwise just squawk a lot. The noise is really the issue. It's more than I personally find tolerable and more than I think...
We live in a neighborhood and have 4 hens. Two are 2 years old. Two recent additions are about 4.5 months old -- we got them as 6 week pullets and kept them separate for the first 3 or 4 weeks. At this point the young ones are nearly the same size as the older ones. The older two are Buff...
Not broody -- she's been broody in the past and nests quietly for days on end. Now she's walking all around, squawking like that's the main thing she was born to do.
We have a Buff Orpington hen, around 18 months old, who starts squawking around 6:30 in the morning and continues on/off for a handful of hours. Just two hens total at this point, we had 3 but one died about 5 weeks ago. I know what egg song sounds like and she's not doing that, just squawwk...
Hi! We are moving from Oakland to Fremont where we'll have space for chickens. I saw a couple places online that said Fremont allows up to two chickens without a permit-- can anyone confirm that? The municipal code doesn't include that detail. Thank you!
Hi! We are buying a house in Fremont and I'd like to get a permit for chickens after we move in. Does anyone know who to contact at the City?
Also, I saw someone online mention that you can have two chickens without a permit, but would need to get a permit for more than two (up to the #...