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    23 week old hens not laying yet

    No, they don’t free range. I tried that with our first flock, and they eventually all got picked off by the various predators we have around here (bobcats, bears, mountain lions, hawks, etc). I’ve searched everywhere in their run and coop, and still no eggs.
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    23 week old hens not laying yet

    No, I didn’t contact them. There’s not much they could do anyway, since they’re not gonna send me 1 or 2 new chicks, and even if they did, I’d then have 2 younger chicks to introduce to the flock. I prefer introducing new chicks in larger groups. And then, we’d have to get a bigger coop and run...
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    23 week old hens not laying yet

    Oh wow! I didn't know that. Good to know. So chickens are the opposites of humans, basically. (Women/hen decides the sex of the chick instead of the man/rooster like with humans. And usually human women start puberty before boys/men).
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    23 week old hens not laying yet

    Yeah, I didn't order 2 males. I only wanted 1 (buff orpington), but Murray McMurray gave me 1 of each gender of Ameraucanas instead of 2 hens like I ordered. I feed them fermented Grubbly Farms along with plain water, water with a bit of ACV and herbal supplements, and access to however much...
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    23 week old hens not laying yet

    The Ameraucana, barred rocks, & olive/easter eggers have bright red combs & wattles. And the two roosters have had large, bright combs and wattles for the past month, in spite of one of them molting slightly around his neck and under his beak a bit. I wonder why they came of age around when I...
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    23 week old hens not laying yet

    I have 1 Ameraucana, 1 Red Star (I think), 1 Whiting True Green, 2 Barred Rocks, and 2 Buff Orpington hens who all turn 23 weeks old tomorrow (Monday, September 11th). Last week, one of the buffs started laying very small eggs, and has laid 3 eggs since her first egg 6 days ago. But all the...
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    Definitely not a buff orpington, right?

    Sorry for the poor quality photo. She’s hiding out in the back of the run today. I think she may be egg-bound (which I asked about in another post).
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    Is this egg-bound?

    We segregated her in a kennel in the garage for the night. I went out to get a storage bin to cut a hole in the lid for her neck and head so I can try and give her an epsom soak tomorrow afternoon. So far, she seems fine/normal except for her posture. We’ll see how she’s doing in the morning.
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    Is this egg-bound?

    This hen in 20 1/2 weeks old. She hasn't started laying yet. She got pecked square on the beak by one of our roosters a little while ago, but it's healing and growing back nicely & she's been eating and drinking just fine since I noticed it a week or so ago. She's been sitting like this all...
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    Definitely not a buff orpington, right?

    Now that I look again, yep, I think she's my Whiting True Green (which I did order). Now I'm wondering what the breed is of the hen I thought was the WTG. :hmm
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    Topic of the Week - What do/can you do with unwanted roosters?

    That's good to know. Thank you! We reintegrated our rooster after 44 hours away, and they all integrated again seamlessly. I think next time my friends need a stud, we'll just bring the hens to us and let them be with our rooster but keep the rest of the flock away. Thankfully we have a whole...
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    Topic of the Week - What do/can you do with unwanted roosters?

    Yes, that's why we're only loaning him out for a couple days. How long does it usually take for them to forget each other? We're getting him back later today, so it will have only been 2 days they were apart (not even.... more like 44 hours)
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    Topic of the Week - What do/can you do with unwanted roosters?

    I like keeping 1 rooster with my hens for better flock dynamics, but I didn't want to have more than 1 for fear they might compete and hurt/kill each other. We ended up getting a male Ameraucana plus a hen instead of the 2 female Ameraucanas we ordered. So now we have 1 buff Orpington and 1...
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    Definitely not a buff orpington, right?

    I just re-uploaded the photos, so hopefully those are more viewable. We have a Whiting True Green and 2 Ameraucanas (we ordered 2 hens, but got 1 hen and 1 rooster) as our colored egg breeds, so I don't think this is another colored egg / easter egger breed. All of our birds came from Murray...
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    Rooster or hen buff Orpington?

    Beautiful bird! We love our Buff Orp rooster too, and he's a sweetie to us and to the girls in the flock. Buffs are a great breed, very friendly and good dual purpose birds with GREAT laying capacity, so he's a great breed to have as a rooster if you're looking to have some chicks in the future...
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    Is this a female buff Orpington?

    At 9-10 weeks, my buff orpington cockerel started changing compared to my other 3 buff orp pullets. His comb & wattles became slightly bigger and redder, & now he looks like this. My rooster still doesn't crow that much, probably because he'd the 2nd rooster in our flock, & our Ameraucana...
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    Definitely not a buff orpington, right?

    I ordered 3 female buff orpingtons in my most recent batch of chicks in April, but this one is definitely not a buff, right? What breed is this girl?
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    Is hen ready to be re-introduced to flock?

    It's been nearly a month since the bear attack that got our rooster & 2 of our older hens, along with taking a good chunk out of this girl's back. I'm really happy with how it's been healing. I see no inflamed or infected area, and no strange odor. Here's a pic of what her wound currently looks...
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    Bear mauled chicken

    Ok, that's good to know about the shock and drinking water. She's been drinking an amount of water I'm very happy with this evening. Sounds like she doesn't have shock. I'll give some electrolytes to all of them tomorrow morning to help all their nerves, then fresh water again later in the day...
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    Bear mauled chicken

    Baiting the netting... I'll have to look in to that. Yes, she's drinking water well. When I first gave it at first, she went to town! Acted like she hadn't had any water in awhile (maybe she hadn't!). I'll research the signs of her going into shock, because at least at the moment, she seems...
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