@fishygirl25 So sorry to hear about your losses. I’ve lost a few favorites over the years so I can confirm that it can be very painful. Our hens are very good at wiggling/snuggling their way into our hearts. My advice would be to properly grieve for each one and then find a new favorite. Even...
She’s had those nodules there for about 3 of her first 4 months of life, with no obvious changes other than the fact that they’ve grown with her. They don’t seem to bother her and she’s very healthy and energetic. I tend to agree with you that it’s probably nothing to worry about. Thanks for...
I couldn’t find any other posts about this exact thing. I have a beautiful, four-month-old Black Copper Maran named Penny. She’s had these white nodules or deposits under her beak next to her wattles ever since the wattles started growing out. Any ideas what they are or if they need to be fixed...
I love my RIR and she is very unusual and lives squarely at the bottom of the pecking order. She submits to the other hens (when she has to) but prefers to run away after getting what she wants. She is very docile and tame with us humans and is always underfoot and follows me everywhere around...
Yeah, you never know who’s going to make it to the top. In my flock, the largest (a Dark Brahma) is the leader and she really is a big girl! She is my thumbnail picture on here. Anyway, it is very strange that she is the leader because she is easily the most gentle hen in the flock of 5. She...
Ya i know that they just call them chickens probably because they look like baby chicks. I meant to say “they are not chickens” but what came out was “they are now chickens” which doesn’t even make sense. But they are popularly called Rutin chickens even though they are not technically chickens...
Bantams are great indoor pets and can be house trained using a litter box. I wouldn’t recommend getting anything larger than a bantam breed because of the feather and chicken dust mess but in theory any chicken can be house trained. I know they are flock birds but so are budgies. In the absence...
Yeah, i definitely know it’s fluid. I have a theory that pecking orders are simply the amalgamation of all of the individual one on one relationships within the flock. I didn’t mention in my last comment that the Brahma wasn’t always the leader. In fact, she was the runt of the flock when they...
I’m interested to know if your flock (mentioned above) always maintained it’s circular hierarchy. I have a 2-year old flock of 5 hens of all different breeds. They have been raised together since 2 weeks old and are all extremely tame. They also have a circular order but in the middle of the...