So some of my girls just sit in the nesting box and back end facing the entrance and lay right outside the box and break eggs. Also someone is laying at night and not using the nesting box and random eggs at the bottom of the coop or grate. They can nest inside the coop or on a perch with a...
I'm still worried I found two more eggs this morning on the bottom of the coop. Under where they sleep. Both from the same hen. Thats 5 eggs in two days. We don't really have predators but we did go on vacation a week earlier and friends watched them.
I have a brahama who seemed to have a bound egg. She went in and out of tye coop panting when she layed the egg had random extra shell in a circle but she was still panting and her vent kept contracting. Late last night I checked on her and found two very soft eggs on the coop floor. Today she...
Oh ty I'm much the same as you I'm a new chicken enthusiast and went to the feed store to pick up my two buff Orpington's and two brahmas and low and behold I came home with six.
Ok I sure hope so. The feed store I got them from is notorious for selling roosters about 50% of the time. Of course I found that out after I got them. Next time I'm getting my pullets from local breeders
Araucana are rumpless and Ameraucana have rumps muffs and beards. Also a giveaway on your chicks are the leg colours most ameraucana have a greyish colour leg except I believe the wheaten ones but your chickens don't look like those see on mine
Wondering if anyone has guess on my chickens genders. A friend is willing to help replace any roosters we have. Unfortunately we can't have roosters in our area. They are 7.5 weeks
the last two photos are the same bird