I have a buff Orpington and before she went broody she went BOK. BOK BA BOOOOOKKKKKK like the other ones when she layed or was scared but now she goes Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha like a how one of my family members laughing rooster crows. Is this normal her babies are almost independent and I’m wondering if...
I was stunned to see what my rooster did when he saw his chicks he didn’t show aggression he just walked them towards the rest of the flock and layed down next to them to snuggle. I have 3 adult roosters two in my run and one that just showed up one day and lives in my yard now and all three...
I have been feeding my chickens all flock 17% protein pellets with some scratch that is just ground corn and tiny red seeds, so what is grit. I know it’s rocks so are they good if they have some mulch and multi purpose sand as a run bedding
My neighbours dogs have been getting out repeatedly and I’m done, yesterday they were tormenting my poor chickens and making them go nuts. Ive posted about this before but now I’m mad and want more help. What can I do without them knowing I called animal control or knowing I killed the dogs. She...
I have a broody hen who has eggs hatching right now and her first chick she takes care of and keeps warm and is sweet to it but when I put a light on and she sees it’s not an egg she’s mean to it I put it in my brooder room with a towel to cuddle and food with some water with pebbles so it’s not...
I have a chick that was in a brood of six, I gave one of its sisters away and she was with four more chicks then randomly they dropped dead all but this one. Now it’s been in my storage room for over a month and is ready to be outside. Today when I got home it was out of my run looking for me...
This is Red my lavender buff Orpington mix and I think Red is an early bloomer. Red has the same wing shape as the hens and same tail her half brother has a bigger comb and wattles. I just wonder because I’ve had an early bloomer she looked like this at this age too and once they all hit...
Hello I’m new to shamo my cousin is raising some and I’m getting a hen. This is a thread for tips and coop designs plus some cool mixes on the rare and tall shamo!
There’s a wild rooster that hangs around my house it doesn’t have a home it just hangs in my yard he looks like the picture below and the bottom picture is the best one I have of him because he is super skittish.
I am breeding lavender x buff orp the chicks are technically pure Orpington just a weird Color like their head was dipped in buff Color paint with a black body if nobody has came up with a name I am thinking calling them buff dip Orpington’s
My dog who I got 3 months after my chickens last July killed my brothers favorite hen and hurt two other hens one being one of my 3 og chickens and a friend is saying it is completely wrong and that chickens have way less value than a dog but he’s also saying that all of my pets should be...
I have a broody hen on like 2 day old eggs that I didn’t know about. I thought they were all golf balls and 3 days ago when she went to eat there were only golf balls. Come to find out she threw all the golf balls out and is on two of her eggs and an EE egg. I will have chicks hatch from the...
I plan to eventually raise quail, guineas, and emus along with chickens but I don’t know if I can own emus here. The laws say that ratite birds (emus,rheas,ostrich, etc) are exempt from import and export permits and I have no clue what that means here is a picture from OK exotic animal guide.