These birds are going on 30 weeks old.
We've been working at the poop with warm water in small steps and its coming off. She is pooping so I think its mostly just on the feathers, but we are addressing none the less.
Actually, the poop butt helped us identify which chicken is laying the...
I just checked them. Two are clear, the third one however had a fair amount of poop stuck to her with what appears to be straw in the mix. I also just observed her eating straw and grit. I tried to gently tug on the poop to see if was stuck, and it seems almost glued on - is this possibly egg...
So, my girls behavior started changing. I was getting 3 eggs a day (I have three 29 week old Isa Browns). They were noticeably different egg sizes so I figured it was one from each. I would occasionally only get 2 eggs a day but usually 3.
Three or four weeks ago it started to vary more -...
Well, here is a little pictorial of what I am working on...
This is Luna 10 minutes after I picked her up. I put here in this box because it was handy, until I could figure out what the heck I just found... It was a few hours later we set her up in the dog crate. She laid the largest eggs...
Hi all - I'm new to BYC and wanted to say hello. My story into urban chicken raising started in March of this year (2016). Arriving home one afternoon, I heard what was an unmistakable sound... the sound of a chicken clucking at me from behind. Now, I must point out that I live in Metro...