Recent content by sherrylb1

I have only one Easter Egger hen in my backyard flock of four hens so she is the only one who lays anything besides tan or white eggs. She is roughly three years old so she isn’t a new layer. Her eggs are always the pale green, full sized egg as shown. Both of these eggs were collected today...

Thanks so much! What kind of oil do I use?

Hi everyone. So sorry if I sound dumb or don’t provide adequate information…I’m learning more about chickens everyday so I am definitely nowhere near an expert and am just going by what I see. I have a Rhode Island Red hen who will be 3 years old in a month or so. She is the only RIR in my...

Just thought I’d come on and update…he started crowing yesterday! 😃

Thank you all so much for confirming my suspicions, as well as the other helpful information you have provided. I house my younger chickens separately and don’t let them free range until they’re older due to hawk attacks so I will probably just build them a bigger run and continue to keep them...

I got these Polish chickens at Rural King in July thinking they were both hens but as more time passes I am seriously wondering if the black & white laced one is a rooster instead. I asked the guy at Rural King at the time of purchasing if they were all hens and he said “they’re supposed to be...

Hi all! I’m here from East TN...I have a flock of 4 hens and a rooster who are just big babies and my pets. I had 5 hens until yesterday when something attacked and killed one 😢 I have made a separate post asking for any advice on what that could’ve been.

Yesterday in broad daylight something killed one of my chickens inside my fenced in yard. The chicken was left on the ground but had lots of missing feathers on one side all the way down to the breast meat. But it didn’t look as if any of the meat had been eaten, or if so, very little of it. She...