Ok. Our 5 girls are about 7 months old. Only 1-2 are laying. I was giving one with a red messy vent a warm soak and saw lots of tiny white bugs crawling around her eyes. Seems they may have lice/mites? I’m off to get Poultry Dust for them and the run/coop. I’ll treat the girls with the...
Hey all. My birds are just at egg laying age-27 weeks old. Only my Dominique is consistently laying an egg a day. Just found this in their run. Is this normal for a beginning malformed egg? Should I worry?
Hello,
Our 5 hens (2 Plymouth barred rock, 1 Dominique, and 2 Buff Orpingtons) are 5 months old today. They are happy and healthy and in a big secure run with a nice coop, deluxe accommodations, great food, fresh produce, bugs, let out to free range for a few min each day supervised just for a...
Hey everyone! Wheeler Three from Glen Caileag farmette introducing ourselves.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We are new to chickens and got our first chicks a few weeks ago. We live in the country and have been planning for chickens for years. The covid-19...
Greetings all. We are new to the forum, but have been lurking, reading, and gleaning TONS of helpful info from these boards. We presently have 5x 3.5 week olds: 3 Plymouth Barred Rock chicks and 2 Buff Orpingtons, all from the same (questionable) small local breeder. We have already...