Recent content by Couscous

I appreciate the check in. I've been away from home and my chicks for college for about 3 years now but my parents send me updates and the flock is doing well and laying more eggs than they can eat!

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but I want to have some record of one of my favorite chickens. Yesterday an animal attacked two of my roosters, one was severly injured and had a low chance of recovering, so I decided it was best to put him down. I think he knew it was time...

I dont have the ability to bring him to the vet to have it amputated and I dont think I can stomach doing it my self so It is unlikely that the wing can be amputated.

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Thanks for all the hellos and stuff but I only really joined because I need advice on how to help an injured chicken so if you know anything about chicken injures please help me

Hello, I woke up this morning to the news that two of my roosters were attacked by an animal in the night. Luckily they both survived; however, both of them are injured. I believe one has a dislocated leg and the other has a severly broken wing. I read that broken wings can be mended by binding...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? No I first got chickens five years ago (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 18 (3) What breeds do you have? A lot (4) What are your favorite aspects of raising backyard chickens? Frien (5) What are some of your other hobbies...