What did you do with your flock today?

[PopoMyers]

Sapphires are a hybrid between various heritage breeds and high production, commercial chickens, laying approximately 290 - 300 eggs per year. Their average lifespan is around 5 - 10 years. Some  do stop laying as early as 3 years, likely due to the commercial hybrid genes, though most will lay longer.

Some great suggestions for reducing stress and bullying!

No bullying going on, and they have a spacious roosting area, 5 nesting boxes, of which 2 gets used by all 14 (go figure) , 2 large feeders, 2 watering stations, and a huge, protected free range area. I've not noticed any strange, bad behavior, and she is one of 2 top hens.

 

[MaeM]

Recently I realized that I could make some space to take my solo chicken with me in my new house.

But I don't dare to separate her from my mom's dog. They hang out together and they even nap together! One day I called my chicken's name and her little head stuck out from the dog's fluff while he was sleeping.