Hi from Canby Oregon! Canby is about half way between Salem and Portland. I've been a lurker on this forum for years. I figured it was time to join. What a nice knowledgeable enthusiastic group of people here!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I've had chickens...
For the past 3-4 days my hen, Hathor, has been crouching while walking and laying down all the time and barely moving unless she has to. When offered free ranging she wont even stand to leave the coop.
She poops fine and laid an egg today so I dont think she's eggbound. No worm eggs in the...
I'm new to chickens after a 40 year absence. Forty years ago I raised about 100 chickens in Mentor, Ohio. It began as a 4-H project. Now that I'm semi-retired from the grape business I decided I needed another expensive hobby! I currently live in Kingsville, Ohio.
My focus is the Buckeye breed...
At Wemus Farm we raise animals in harmony with our ecosystem. We love our chickens, but we also enjoy our Nigerian Dwarf Goat herd, our mixed flock of ducks, our sebastopol geese, our Polish Tatra livestock guardian and our two other mixed breed farm dogs. Of course we have two cats too. We have...