My EE pullet? is about 9 to 10 weeks. I'm starting to think she may actually be a cockerel. What do you all think? No crowing, but she/he pulls on the other girls feathers a lot.
So, it happened. Chicken math. Sadly, it started with subtraction, I lost one of my EEs, Agatha Christie, last month during a heat wave. So, that left me with her sister, Harper Lee, and my RIR, Nevada Barr. My suburban town has a 5 chicken limit, so my plan has always been to add a couple of...
Hi, I've had a few hens, for a couple of years now, and I was toying with the idea of a couple of ducks. Now a friend of mine is moving out of state, and is looking for a home for her geese, so I switched my focus (maybe). She has 2 Sebastopol ganders that are about a year and a half or so, old...
One of my 2 yr old EE hens ( Harper)spent the night at the vet last night (possible internal egg, but she's doing well now) and I brought her home this morning. She has always been the top chicken, but in a very benign sort of way. The most I've seen from her was a little charge with raised...
Something apparently grabbed hold of my ringnecks leg during the night. It was removed cleanly and the bleeding has stopped. Surprisingly, he looks pretty bright and alert, but just laying on his side. Can doves do ok with only one leg? I see starlings around with only one leg and they seem to...
Hi, I wanted to introduce myself. I am new to chickens,although I have been thinking about getting some for many years. In September I bought two 8 week old easter egger pullets, and I am in love. I named them Agatha Christie (Aggie) and Harper Lee. I live in the suburbs in the San Francisco bay...