We’d really like to get some different colored eggs and chickens to incubate this spring to add to our aging Buff Orpington and Easter Egger flock of 9 hens. We are only getting 2-3 eggs/day this summer as the hens are not only getting older (most 3 yo only 3 are 1 yo) and hot! What would be the...
I heard the Canadian wildfire smoke had drifted into NY and VA over last weekend making air quality poor. Probably what has happened to you. Not sure anything can be done however.
Our Buff Orpingtons (4 hens 1 rooster) were raised by us from the egg. We love them and they are great egg layers. But our "first born" started out with a quarter sized bare spot below her vent and now in a matter of weeks, it is the size of her whole butt! I am horrified! They are on grower...
Your article was very informative, but I'm still not sure that's the problem we have. Our Buff Orpingtons (4 hens 1 rooster) were raised by us from the egg. We love them and they are great egg layers. But our "first born" started out with a quarter sized bare spot below her vent and now in a...
Hi - I'm new to chickens and I have a dumb question! Is a white legging chicken the same as a white leghorn? Looking to get hens to add to our buff orpington flock, and was not sure. Thanks!
They are beautiful! We have Buffs and now that they are mature - 26 weeks - we can't hardly tell them apart, although they all have/had names when they were little and each looked more different. Do you put colored bands on yours - I didn't see any?
He sounds really sweet! So glad this conversation came up. We have 1 rooster and 4 hens. Big Red is a beautiful Buff Orpington and he is very watchful and protective of his girls, always eats last, "mounts" them gently and generally a good rooster....however 2 weeks ago (they are 26 weeks old...
We are in NC as well - Durham area - yesterday was about the nastiest day we've had so far - nice to see the sun today, but still too cold for me! Our BOs seem happy enough laying about in the sunbeams!
We are new to chickens, chose BO on purpose because of their favorable characteristics. We got our first batch of eggs last spring. They hatched in July, and we are totally in love with them. Ended up with 2 roos and 4 hens, had to rehome one roo and it broke my heart! But our small flock is...