Recent content by Georgetownchick

Need help with what I believe is sour crop in my rooster. I read about flushing the crop with epsom salt and water. I have also seen where people hold the bird upside down and try to squeeze the crop. Should I attempt this or just try to do the flush? I can tell he feels really bad. Not sure how...

I have a broody hen and she hatched six babies. The first two hatched one week ago yesterday. They are twins. Perfectly normal chicks. Both yellow. The third one hatched a couple of days later and is also yellow. Two days ago I had to help one hatch because the membrane had dried out. This one...

My hen had four eggs hatch yesterday. I found one of the babies soon after hatching laying down, breathing but not doing much else. I thought it would pass away but it didn't. Last night I put it in a box on some bedding to make it more comfortable and to keep the other chickens from bothering...

I have a hen that is sitting on ten eggs in a nesting box in the hen house. The hen house is up off the ground above their run. I am worried about the babies getting out of the nesting box and falling down the steps that go to the run. Once the babies all hatch should I move them to a lower area...

I have an 8 week old chick who is free ranging during the day with 25 other hens and chicks. Lives in a hen house at night. This morning when I let them out I noticed she was limping. I picked her up and she has her leg and foot drawn up close to her body. She moves around but keeps that leg...

I had a hen that hatched 18 babies two weeks ago yesterday. She integrated the babies in with the older hens and one rooster just a few days later and everyone is getting a long fine. She is a very good and protective mama. The babies are getting medicated chick feed and my hens are on a laying...

My mom noticed that some of my hens seem to have worms in their poop. What do I do about it? Also, are the eggs still safe to eat or should we not eat them? I currently have 8 hens, one rooster and 18 babies that are one week old. The egg production does not seem to be down. Getting around 7...

Here she is with some babies. Should I leave the current babies there until I think they have all hatched or go ahead and scoop them up and put them in a safer area? What if she has eggs that are not going to hatch until tomorrow? Do I leave the babies with her?

I have free range chickens that are put up in a coop at night. Only had chickens for about 9 months so very new to this. Had a hen go broody and she built a nest away from the coop. She has 26 eggs under her. I check on her multiple times a day and through the night. This afternoon I went to...

Thank you for your reply. I know my coop is not big enough. I posted a picture of it to hopefully get some ideas on how to add on to it or build maybe a run or something to it to put the babies and the mother in. We built this coop from a plan and we have only had chickens since last November so...

I never said I didn't want babies. I was told that if I moved the unhatched eggs that she would no longer sit on them. I might not have let her sit if I had known she was. She built her nest behind our pool equipment and I didn't know she was sitting for about a week. When I would go to put the...

Hi! Thank you for your reply. I have only hatched eggs one time and that was in an incubator with no mother hen. We kept the babies in the house since it was during the winter. We kept them in a little brooder box. I only had six though, not 26. I would prefer the mother hen keep them with...

I had a hen go broody. She is sitting on 26 eggs that should hatch at the end of this week. She built a nest pretty far from the coop. I was told to leave her and the eggs alone until they hatch. What do I do with the baby chickens when they hatch? I can not leave them where they are because she...

She has already separated herself from the flock. She built her nest by our pool equipment. She is fairly safe where she is but I do worry about her being out of the coop at night when there are more predators out. I don't think I should leave her where she is after the eggs hatch because the...

I had a hen go broody and she is sitting on 26 eggs. They should hatch in about a week. What do I do when they hatch? She has made a nest away from the coop and the rest of our flock. I hatched eggs one time from an incubator last winter. What do I put her and the babies in when they hatch? We...