I once had a hen that was eating her eggs... and everyone else's :P but I found a way to break her of her habit . Blow out an egg and fill it with mustard (make sure the shell is almost fully intact (not cracked in half) and doesn't have a lot of raw egg left in it.) Chickens HATE the taste of...
One of my hens refuses to stay in the yard. Every time I let them out to free range in the yard, she ignores the other hens and hops the fence as soon as she can. She sometimes crosses the street (I once found her eleven houses away in someone's backyard :/ ). Everyone is worried she might get...
*****A message to all who are crazy enough to think that the world will actually end Dec. 21*****
The mayan calendar is just like any our calendar. Just as the world doesn’t end when our calendar ends every year on December 31, it won’t end when the Mayan calendar ends, either.
Some people...
Diatomaceous Earth. You can buy it at any farm supply store. It worked for me. My patio used to be covered in mites... and it got rid of them all =)
"They" say that it is so fine that it cuts the mites and kills them o_0
idk if it's true but it seems awesome to me!
My 1 and a half year old bearded EE hen has developed this wierd wattle-like thing under her beak (where wattles usually are). The only problem is there is only one "wattle", and from what I've read on the internet, bearded chickens aren't supposed to have wattles. It looks like one, it feels...
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My EE hen was caught eating her second raw egg today!!! She is constantly looking in the nesting boxes looking for eggs unattended. How do I stop her???
O, I forgot to mention that every time she lays an egg, she turns around and tries to eat it!!!
My pullet is about to lay her first egg. She's in the nesting box right now! YAY!
BUT...The sun is going down!
Will she lay the egg? Please answer, time is ticking away!
My 24 week BO has been acting different. Everytime I go to pet her, she does this weird squat thing with her legs apart, spreads her wings apart slightly, and kinda holds her tail feathers higher than usual. Is she ready for a rooster?
I don't know if this helps but here u go:
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)Buff Orpington, 24 weeks, approx. 3 lbs.
2) What is the behavior, exactly. Normal behavior, other than wierd clucking.
3) How long has the bird...