Thanks for the reply, and I'm going to add a new "to do" on my husbands "to do list" My husband is really good with dogs and training them but I don't want to risk my hen's life, she's my lil'girl!
Not sure if I picked the right forum, if I didn't I'm very sorry.
So we just got a new puppy rottweiler, he's now 12 weeks old. We are very consistant on teaching the puppy that my hen is to be left alone. I do catch our puppy chasing my hen and I stop him and tell him "NO", I'm just worried...
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A hen that's over a year old will have periods where she takes a break from laying, especially in the fall or winter when the days are the shortest. They don't officially slow down until after they are three years old, then they lay whenever they happen to feel like it.
Thanks! So I...
I'm wondering why my hen stopped laying eggs? We just moved to a new home but we've been in our new house since Aug. 1st! Thats 3 months for my hen to get comfortable with her new home? Maybe it's because she is over 1 years old? I've even tried "egg laying feed" and have no results! Do hens...
rooster brandon. :
my hens just pecked each other for like a day and the next day they had no problems.......hope you get i sorted out........
Thank you, hopefully that'll be the same for me. Australorp hens are known for being friendly so maybe they won't fight at all!!
Hello, I have a question. I have just one Australorp who is in need of a friend, if I invest in another hen will my Australorp want to fight the new hen? I don't want to see my chickens fight.
I was thinking of Mr. ga ga, because lady ga ga has white-ish hair ,but it's a rooster . :cool:If you don't like that there's salt'n'pepper or ol' smokey.
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I agree with damselfish. She needs some buddies but definately get your security issues fixed first. It is too sad to lose your wee chickies to predators and/or illness.
Welcome to BYC and don't give up.
My coop is now more secure, thank you And I'm going to have to talk to my...
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2 raccoons killed my first hen, then an opossims killed 2 of my hens. The fourth hen I couldn't get her to sleep in the coop, as soon as the sun would start to set she was up in the tree roosting. Well one morning my neighbor knocked on my door and said "I think an owl got your...
I was just wondering, is it important for hens to be with other hens? I have just 1, I used to have 5 hens but 4 were killed by preditors and 1 was alive in the morning
when I went out to feed them, then later in the afternoon she was dead!? I found her inside the coop. Now I have just one...
We just bought a new home and have been living in it for about a month. Since we've been in our new home my hen has not layed one egg! Could it be that
she is in a new place that she's not used to?
Hello, Yes I'm a newbie! Well I'm from Sunland, CA. I have one Australorp hen, I used to have more hens but they were killed by other animals (raccoons, opossum, and an owl)
Obviously on different nights. So now I just have my one hen (Miss Pepper). I'm so happy that I finally can get...