Just an update.
She started laying again last Friday which was 5 weeks to the day since the dog attack. The first egg was normal looking just on the small side compared to her sister of the same age. So all back to normal apart from a few missing feathers still.
Thanks again.
Hi All,
My 8 month old Rhode Island Red hen was attacked by a dog about 4 weeks ago and after a couple of weeks inside and separated from the flock so the roosters would leave her alone with me tending to her wounds she was reunited with her friends and has been looking normal for 2 weeks with...
Hello people,
Could anyone please assist with sexing one of my birds? In this first photo I obviously have 2 boys on the left and 2 girls on the right.
But in this second photo I have doubts about the gender of the bird on the right. The 2 on the left are boys I think?
They are all from the...
Thankyou all for the warm welcome and advice so far. I'm studying this article at the moment and I'll let you know how it goes.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/introducing-new-chickens-using-the-“see-but-don’t-touch”-method.67839/
Hi, Thanks! I have 8 x 10 week old Black Australorp Utilities in the outside coop and free ranging every day plus 15 x 3 week Rhode Island Red Utilities that are still inside in the brooder. I have hatched them all myself in an incubator with hours of help reading these forums!!! These are my...
Hi people,
Long time reader first time member.
Reading the many and varied topics on this forum has been extremely helpfully in my chicken adventures so far. I am still raising my flock and settling into being a chicken keeper so I thought i'd join this group to learn and share anything I can...