Hormones are a crazy thing and creates unpredictability. Who knows what our ladies are thinking when they go broody, especially why they would sit on empty nests?? In my limited experience, like aart said above, she will cause a scene when approached which confirms her broodiness. I have tried...
Hi all,
Unfortunately my first post is a sad one but I am hoping I might get some feedback on perhaps what might have gone wrong.
Minxy my 4 year old 3/4 Australorp has suffered on and off from egg peritonitis. It got to the point, we decided we wanted to try surgery to clean out her uterus...
Hi all fellow chicken carers. My name is Jo and I live in Perth Western Australia. I have been keeping chickens for four and half years now. I have only ever kept 3/4 Australorps as once I purchased my first four chicks, I fell in love with this breed. I am 43 years old, recently married...