My uncle had a pair that he raised from hatched eggs, yet he could not get close to them when they got older. They both would attack him. It was so bad that feeding them had become a problem due their aggression.
I had a hen, don't know what breed. I bought 15 of day-old chicks from the pet food store. She lived 10 years and the last year of her life she went broody. She was laying eggs until then. I gave her some duck eggs and she hatched them. Very good mom and an excellent layer, I wish I knew...
I had a huge rat problems. I did everything that the article suggested before even having read it. I used EVERY kind of traps that I could get me hands on, snap trap, electric trap, rolling log, dive board, Haveaheart, even glue traps, and many more. Some worked once and NEVER again. They...
I hope I am not bringing up an already-discussed topic. I need help with getting rid of mites in my flock, I have 19 hens and a rooster, and 10 quails in a separate coop. Most are different colors of Brahma and a few New Hampshire reds and a few Ausralorps. I had a mite infestation that took...
I have a hen just like this, the same breed too. I did let her hatch a clutch. But when the chicks were about 5 weeks old, she drove them away from her and went broody AGAIN. She lives in a state of broodiness. Last year she went to "jail" 4 times. This year she seems to be broody all the...
I got my first egg when the hens were 19 weeks old. Could not tell which one was laying and they were tiny. In a few weeks I was getting 3-4 out of 14 hens. This was last year about September. They continued through winter gradually going up to 8-9 per day. I did lose 3 of them, so 8-9 per...
I live in northern CA with 11 hens, one rooster, His breed is Dominique. I have 4 NH Reds, 3 Dark Brahmas, and 4 what was supposed to be Black Giants, but they never grew to the expected size. Some are bigger than others, one is the smallest in the flock. I also have a dog who likes all my...