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I’ve been reading/researching on egg bound hens but I still am unsure whether my girl has stopped laying for the winter or if she is truly egg bound. She hasn’t laid an egg in 4 days and she lays just about every day. She skips a day here and there but never 4 days. She is around 8 mo old...

Anyone help me confirm why my young roo’s feet are turning pink? I noticed it a few weeks ago, he doesnt seem injured. In certain light it looks darker and other times lighter, seems to go up the back of his legs. I did catch him and snapped a few pics. I’ve read this may just be hormones? He’s...

I have a crazy situation, long story short I eneded up with one cockerel and one pullet from my original flock. I have since got 4 new pullets around the same age, quarantined them for 30 days, I did the see no touch playpen method to acclimate the newcomers to the 2 I had. The other day I...

I had 6 young chickens approx 13 weeks old, i had to rehome 4 due to them all being roos. I have one roo and one pullet. The new chicks are roughly the same age, are there any rules to integrating them to the 2 that I currently have? Thinking due to age it shouldn’t be too big of a problem. I do...

I’m a brand new member and new to chickens. We got our first 6 chicks from a local farmer at around 4 weeks old (sexed as 1 male, 5 females) told they are barred rock mixed w/ black sussex. They are now around 13 weeks old, 2 have started crowing, I know that’s a dead giveaway. However, I have 3...