chicken behavior

  1. LainaLee23

    What’s wrong with my hen?

    Hi! I have a gold sex-link hen named Pearl who is two years old, and has been staying in the coop all day, everyday for the past 2 months. She is not broody at all. She will eat and drink. She has lost a lot of weight. She use to run around with the others before she started acting this way. I...
  2. EggMan207

    Integration idea/question: new girls, and new coop

    So, I have 8 existing girls in a coop/run. I bought 8 more that are 6 weeks. I also bought a new coop. The last integration I did was really rough/violent. So, I had an idea. What if, I put the new girls in the new coop until the are 14-16 weeks by themselves. Then, integrate the older ones 2...
  3. ZeeAviatrix

    Odd Egg Question

    Hello! I've got 3 Wyandotte chickens - 2 hens and 1 rooster. They all seem to get along, although the rooster seems to prefer and hang out with one hen in particular. Both hens have been laying nice eggs. Recently, however, I have noticed that I am seeing some eggs that have too much calcium...
  4. FLMotoChick

    Will my chickens always be scared of us?

    We've raised 5 out of the 7 girls from 2 weeks old. 1 is a Buff, 2 are Easter Eggers, & 2 are Barred Rocks. When we got them at the feed store, they scooped them up in a net and put them in a box (traumatic?). We've raised them since then with love; spent every day with them getting them use to...
  5. AbbysSilkies

    Why do some chickens run away?

    Hello! I have 8 resident birds and 10 chicks, 5 of whom I’ll keep. I’ve noticed something that troubles me. Of our 8 resident birds, we have one guinea, 4 laying hens and 3 silkies. 7 of them are extremely loyal but the alpha silkie, if let out of the coop, darts into the forest as far as he...
  6. khiggins1112

    Chickens sleeping outside area of coop. Need Advice please

    We are first time chicken owners. The hens have started laying a few weeks ago and we are up to 8 eggs a day now! My husband built a great coop for our 8 mix-of-breeds hens. See picture. The problem is that they don't go inside to roost, they all huddles jammed together on the side outside area...
  7. Vegan Mountain Mama

    Ducks being kind of mean to chickens! how can I make them more friendly?

    I have 2 ducks and 2 chickens and they share a coop just fine, but in the daytime when i let them roam the ducks get territorial and bossy and sometimes peck the chickens....theyve even intimidated my poor kitty at times >:( Im also having a bit of a hard time getting them to bond with ME, they...
  8. E

    Newbee chickee in Vermont

    I am brand new to the chicken world. I received two White Sussex for Mothers' Day and they have captured my heart. They wandered everywhere together. Unfortunately, while someone was taking care of them while I was away for 2 days, they flew the coop. After three days, only one returned. My...
  9. J

    Ill chicken- with no idea what could be wrong.

    Hello. Recently, our chicken which we got around 5 years ago has been visibly ill. The thing is, we have no idea what is causing this illness or how to cure it. For the past two weeks, she has been having Diarrhoea/ a very watery substance, rarely solid at all. This lead to her having very mucky...
  10. L

    Chicken laid first egg

    You could imagine how excited we were to see one of our chickens lay their first egg.. but that was three days ago and she has not laid one since.. should we be looking for anything or reason why she isn't laying anymore after her first?
  11. LisaSuchy

    Momma Hen is Chasing away one Chick at 6 weeks

    Hello, We had a momma hen hatch 2 babies (fertile eggs we purchased after she got broody). She is now chasing away one of the babies, not the other. This chicken appears to be a "rumpless" or maybe a turkey, see photo attached. Is this normal? She is getting very aggressive with just this one...
  12. Robin Koski

    Cedar shavings or Pine?

    I am hearing that cedar shavings are bad and toxic in a chicken coop? Is this true? And why is pine not?
  13. pelican

    Hi!

    It might have been that I didn't post an introduction when I joined backyardchickens.com several years ago, so here are a few thoughts. Currently I'm in northern California, in walnut country, live on a small property, am a wildlife biologist, artist, and author. About chickens: Chickens are...
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  14. B

    What does this noise mean?

    I was relaxing on my couch with my chicken, but then she started making an odd noise. The noise was reminiscent of a bubble sound effect mixed with a helicopter. I searched everywhere but I could not find it. My hen, Beowulf (Beo for short) is a rescue who used to be beaten and was half starved...
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