24 weeks old been laying for about 5 weeks now. The only thing that has upset them is yesterday the neighbours had a BBQ which they weren't too impressed with. And their nice was crying a lot which seemed to upset them but other than that, nothing.
So today my two girls laid eggs that are very different to normal. One laid an egg much smaller than usual. The other laid one with an unusual speckled pattern when normally her eggs are quite dark. Any ideas why? Pictures show their 'usual' eggs along with today's eggs for comparison. Nothing...
No they were straight away clucking. Meanwhile Korma still tweets like a tiny little thing even though she isn't far off being bigger than the other two. Pic of the three of them just now asking dad what treat he might offer them. And a pic of my photogenic baby girl.
I have a 17 week old black copper Maran. She's still only making tweet chirping sounds and no chicken noises at all. Is this normal? My slightly older Orpington and black tail were making chicken noises from when we first got them which was around 17 weeks old.
She has now started laying and has calmed down quite a bit.
However, when she is laying my Orpington was getting lonely causing her to have difficulty laying because she would go and bug her. We decided to go buy another one yesterday to keep whichever one isn't laying at a given point...
My screamer laid her first egg this morning. She was in the coop for quite a while whilst my Orpington sat out in the run by herself which is unusual behaviour for them. Normally where one is, so is the other. So I had a feeling she was laying. Pretty sure my Orpington laid her first egg...
It's a cross between a Rhode Island Red and a light Sussex. I actually wanted to get an Araucana or a Maran but we couldn't find any but apparently Blacktails eggs are similar to the Maran's so went with that, then chose an Orpington to we could tell the difference between them. Little did I...
At the moment it's around 10ftx10ft. Currently growing grass in the garden to give them more space. The area they had was quite a bit larger but she is fine with my husband, she's only like it with me.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Recently purchased two hens three or four weeks ago. I've currently lost all concept of time and can't remember how long exactly.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? Two
(3) What breeds do you have? A Blacktail and an...
So we recently purchased two hens about three or four weeks ago now (currently lost all sense of time).
One of them is so lovely and comes for cuddles with me and makes a purring clucking sound.
The other one makes the most awful screaming noise the second she sees me and tries to bite me...