Rookie chicken keeper here so please bare with me.
I’m positive my girls have a bad case of lice. I’ve done my research and much to their chagrin (they don’t like being handled; I didn’t raise them from chicks) I am going to need to treat them multiple times with DE, garden poultry dust, or...
So my Orpington started out laying a sort of dark cream colored egg and now she is laying straight up dark brown (beautiful!) eggs. Not progressively getting darker just an abrupt change. Is this just her maturing or something I should be concerned about?
First time chicken owner and while the coop I have is a great little coop...winter is around the corner and I want a more weather hardy coop for my girls. Plus chicken math is real and a larger coop means room for more chicken babies. I currently have a wood shed in the back that I've been...
Hi there! I'm brand new to raising chickens. I've had them for close to a month. I have a white austra (Dorothy), a buff Orpington (Blanche), and an Easter egger (Rose).
I'm very new to caring for chickens. I have three pullets all about egg laying age. One has been laying for about 8-9 days and the other two haven't started yet. I figure it's normal to maybe have a day or two without an egg and the one laying (I think it's the white austra) usually lays in...