Found my aggressor and it is not the rooster it is one of the oldest hens after researching interweb and talking to other farmers the one the that keeps popping is sometimes incubated chickens may have a temperture change during incubation causing transgender but not completely such as a hen...
Thank you for responces i know that one of them is instigater they all seperated now still gonna have to figure which is the culprit but if i dont figure out then ill have to start over with new flock thank you all
Being an avid hunterand doing the re search on local predators both land and airi have learned to recognize scenes from different predators granted all s enes are different but if you study the pattern of evidence it will lead you to one or the other this is the strangest behavior ive witnessed...
Positive no predator no parts missing do daily check og run and coop and last night heard rucus in coop went out there and caught rest of flock pecking next dead bird blood on beaks of guilty the three thats left
Its very strange all research and preping never prepared me for this particular situation they were all happy two days ago they've. Had plenty food space water but it was my older birds that were victoms
My flock is two years old have plety of room i introduced new flock last year after they spent four months mingling betweem fence they have able to free range on daily basis been happy birds then all sudden this my older birds dead and wounded i know its rest of flock no evidence of predator amd...
Good day to all you fine folks just wanted to drop in and say thankyou for all the great ideas and information I've been a member for over a year now and since then I have built four coops 2 tractors and 2 stand alone I have 9 SLW and two B.O bantams I am really enjoying keeping chickens and...
I have the same problem with my wyanndottes I've seperated the rooster for a week now and no signs of improvements is there a salve or anything I can do to help the healling it is on all four of my hens?
Welcome to BYC and you won't regret moving to NC go to the local feed stores during chick days and they will carry the breeds that do well in the area misr if the time the chicks they get are local well is what I havr discovered here in NC glad to have you and good luck with your move and new flock
Been a member for a year now got my first flock of SLWyanndottes at feed store in April they are now almost a year old ended up with 2roos out of 6 chicks after doing some research on breed reallized that a single comb is a recessive gene in the breed so I enjoyed thst roo for dinner one night...
Try to think simple and use what you got handy first the chickensjust need basic stuff like shelter food and water you can get some good ideas from the coop design page on this site good luck
great article a friend of mine give me 3 guinea about two days after i got my first chicks.I didn't know anything about guinea at the time I had focused all my research on chickens.I put them in with chicks since they were same age as the chicks about 4 days old.There is no sexing them until 15...