adult hens

Our little Buttercup, a 2-Year Old Serama, developed wry neck around the beginning of August. It has been an incredible struggle and I’ve spent a lot of time on this forum and in books trying to help her. Reading about the experience of others has helped me navigate her care and may have saved...

recently, a cat attacked my chickens, she killed one of them and injured a couple, Google has always said that cats are no danger to adult hens?? Yet, she attacked three! She was relatively large, too fat, but doesn't look pregnant, and I have always trusted Google so I kinda never tried driving...

Here’s the situation. I have 1 laying adult hen, 9 months old. I also have 4 chicks, 11 weeks old , that I have been slowly introducing over the past month. Everyone is co-habiting, but they are separated by baby gates, both in the run and in the coop at night. There have been minor skirmishes...

I have quite a large flock of chickens, and for a while now (~2 weeks) one of our older hens (Georgette) has been having trouble bending one of her legs, and it's causing her a lot of trouble moving. We first thought that she'd simply sprained her leg, and it should heal after a while, but...

I added two adult hens to my flock of 9 hens and a rooster yesterday using an “afternoon” method where I kicked the flock out of the coop mid day, added the new girls and at bedtime opened it up and let them all settle together. But I normally let my hens free range during the day. They are...

Hi! I recently adopted an adult hen that was a bit of an escape artist in the city. We have plenty of room out here and my 6 birds free range. I am her 4th home as homes 2 and 3 were small flocks that pecked the heck out of her. My girls are not yet laying and they have no problem with her. I...

WHAT MAKES A HEN GO TOTAL CANNIBAL? (Egg Layer Adults on each other) Ignore the food dish and prefer blood over feed. This is an OPINION Poll. If you Google or copy or paste your answer you are cheating. This is based upon personal experience or educated guesses. Don't cheat, just publish your...