Italian-gal
Hatching
Good Morning! I became a chicken owner about a month ago. My realtor rescued 2 chickens from a house she sold. The previous owners just left them!! I took them in and turned an unused dog run into a chicken run. It has a coop and a gate. I let the chickens out 2-3 times a day and they love to roam around. I don't know much about chickens or what kind I have. I'm guessing both are about 6 months old as my red one (Betsie) started laying eggs about 5 days ago. My other one (Louise) is black and white. I'm slowly learning about raising chickens and have read a couple books and visited Backyard Chickens many times. I love my girls! They get all excited when I go into our backyard and are at the gate waiting to be let out. They let me pet them and will eat out of my hand! I posted something this morning asking for advise. Betsie has not been herself the last 3 days and is even worse this morning. She wouldn't come out over her nesting box and her comb is not standing up. Please give me some much needed advise!