Both hens have clear eyes just like this. We have ventilation and windows. When we first got chickens we read so many horror stories about just that, so my husband was deliberate with ventilation.
Hello everyone! I have 3 year old Isa Browns in my flock. 2 weeks ago I found one in the rub, her head, neck, and shoulders were covered in poop, I assumed she got pooped on my a hen above her the night before and it damaged her eyes from the ammonia, but wasn’t 💯 sure. We keep a clean coop and...
We see bits of shell and yolk. Plus I've caught her mid-chomp a couple of times. The enclosed coop is 5x5 with a 3-tier roost and about 5 feet tall. Ventilated. The run is 6 wide and 14 long. Older and younger are living together but only as of last week and she has been doing this for about...
We got the stuff to do those today. My other problem is that I don't exactly know where she is laying to begin with. I suppose we'll know if we start seeing blue eggs again!
My Ameraucana, Ramona Quimby, began eating her own eggs a while back. None of the other layers are doing this. However, we have several new ones who will begin laying in about 10 weeks or so. I've been told we need to get rid of her because she will show the new ones how to do this. We're...
Hey all, I just got the call from the vet that we have Marek's in our flock. It has killed two and a third is not so great. The first two died of tumors on their organs, this one I don't know. They are all three Buff Orpington girls. Our fourth Buff started limping a couple of days ago, but...