1 of our Sapphire Gems continues to have more watery stool and I don’t think she’s laying, yet no proof on that. She had a hard molt and I thought she was gonna die. Her comb and her waddle shrank and barely got color back in them. Shes active and eats and drinks now. This is my first time with...
Mine talk to me too. And I talk to them. “Hey girlfriends!”Sometimes they are fussy towards me too. Sounds like a bark! I say happy hens are quiet hens, yet that’s not always the case. I love getting to care for them. As a retired nurse, it’s better than 24 geriatric patients on night shift .
Maybe start with 4 chickens, not 6. Yet we're good. I heard about "chicken math" and I can see why it can get out of hand. If I do this ladies right, I'll be a good "chicken tender"!
our first moma hen on her first egg!! Ironically, I just opened the nesting boxes this week. This hen has been doing the "mount me squat" the most when I'm out with them in the yard. The hen that laid today's egg has the biggest, reddest comb. She's like my wing hen in the yard. The coop is...