I have a 1 year old mutt hen. She is white with a few black specks. She recently went through her first full molt and now she is grey or taupe colored. Is it normal for chickens to change colors when they molt???
Very weird!!!
UPDATE!!!!!! I have 3 silkie babies. They are 12-14 weeks old. I have read about streamers on male silkies. I believe I see streamers on 2 of the 3 silkies. Also the little buff/red one is smaller then the other two. What do you think??? I am a newbie, thanks for your advice.
The white one...
I live in the city and have chain link fence on one side of my yard. Three of my 8 hens ocassionally jump the fence and look for bugs in my neighbors yard. The house is up for sale and no one lives there. But the owner is obviously not chicken friendly(not really friendly at all) and lo and...
I have a hen that is a year old. She is a mixed hen and when not broody a great layer. But about the last 3 months she is continually broody. Currently we are going on about a month straight. We have dunked her in cold water several times a day. We have crated her for 3-4 days at a time. She is...
So I have read all the threads on here about Mareks disease. I have only been keeping chickens for about a year and I live in the city. I have four 1year old hens and 10 babies that are 11 weeks old. I hatched all of them myself. Since I have such a small flock I did not vaccinate them. And low...
I have 4 SLW that are 8 weeks old. They look indentical...so do you think I have all roos or all hens? Im new to this and have never had SLW. Thanks for your help!