We have a favorite hen who went missing for about ten days, came back for an afternoon, and then left for another two days! She showed back up in the yard today for a little while and is now gone again. She is at the bottom of the pecking order so I think what she’s done is made a secret nest...
Hi all! So I’ve got a 2-year-old (almost 3-year-old) Partridge Olive Egger hen named Jennie. I let them all out into their pen this morning and collected an egg that was in their nesting box from my Golden Laced Wyandotte, Poppy. When I went back out to bring them in for the night, I saw two...
Hi all. So I have a 2-year-old Partridge Olive Egger hen who has had chronic diarrhea for at least the last couple of months. It almost comes out in a stream and her vent is almost always dirty. At first I thought that that was just her, but after a little more research, I’m pretty sure she has...
Hi all! So I recently got a 5 month old Rhode Island Red mix rooster named Harvey from a rescue. He’s a very sweet rooster. He’s nice with people and the hens and is not aggressive. I introduced him to the hens yesterday and they largely ignored him but he tried his best to win them over. Today...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I personally had chickens as a child on my parent's ranch. We had 100 or more araconas. But we didn't protect them like we do today.
Today my fiance and I have 43 chickens, at least half are silkies (my sweet babies). The...