For starters, Hen Solo (my favorite chicken in the whole wide world) is a 3.5 years old silkie hen.
She’s recently stopped laying completely, which I thought was just age? But now I suspect something else.. she’s been slow/sluggish the past few days, so I thought she may have hurt her leg...
A possum got into our coop tonight before we were able to close up the girls. One hen is still missing & my 1 yr old Black Copper Maran, Henrietta, is pretty badly injured.
The wound is at least a few inches long, & it seems like it only removed the skin from her muscles? If that makes sense...
Hi there! About 6 weeks ago, I bought some chicks from Tractor Supply that were sold as Prairie Bluebell Eggers. They were straight runs, so I thought I could just google the info to determine which chick would be a hen or a roo, but apparently this is a relatively new breed? I couldn’t find a...