All of a sudden my eggs have alot of blood spots in them. My hens have never had any blood spots in their eggs, and all of a sudden I am getting over half my eggs with blood spots, and they have 3 or 4 large spots each. Any reason this could be happening? They are all 1-2 years old and I...
So my rooster - who I've raised since a chick suddenly keeps running away. He takes off into the woods then it takes me 1-2 days to get him back. Today he ran out while I was feeding him and won't make any noise so I can't find him anywhere. He seems to stay within earshot, but he's hard to...
So, it turns out all but one of my chicks for my starter flock were roos - I am trying to gather up a few hens - really love to replace my black copper maran, barred rock and if by chance anyone has something colorful or fun like a Wyandotte or another breed I would be very interested. Looking...
I am new to raising chickens and keep happening on this site when looking for advice. I just got my first 4 chickens in June!
I have barred rocks and black copper marans
Unfortunately for my beginners luck I ended up with 3 roos and one hen - currently trying to figure out how to introduce new...