Recent content by MotherHen75

Sorry to say she died this morning :(, we buried her under a willow tree.

Thank you so much! I will do water therapy and see how it goes. I put hay in the horse stall so she’s not lying in dirt. We’ll see how she does.

I didn’t see how she caught her. She seems to put more weight on her left leg than her right, but she can move both legs. We didn’t see any blood on the duck or the dog. She has some missing feathers on her neck and back but pretty sure those are just from the male ducks. She walked normal...

We have a female duck that our little lapdog managed to get. The duck has survived 3 days, we thought she was going to die, still hanging on.. She’s eating, drinking and pooping (no eggs but that’s been normal for her) she just can’t walk or stand on her own. There was no blood or puncture...

Don’t touch it! It might take a long while for them to hatch, and if you don’t see something immediately wrong then it’s best to let them do their thing.

So my little barred rock hen has always been a little slow moving, and gets left behind the flock. She’s always been a light bird. She drinks a lot, but rarely eats. She does eat some treats when i give them, oats, watermelon, etc.. Is there something wrong? And she does lay eggs fairly regular.

You see how the one on the left of that last pic, it’s body is tilted up? It makes me think that’s a young cockerel, but i’m not sure about the one on the right. Girls are more level with their posture and boys are tilted up, usually with their chest puffed out.

We have covered runs with a frame of wood and covered with hardware cloth (we don’t trust the chicken wire, seems easy for predators to pull apart), I’m hoping the hawk either nests somewhere else or if not hunts the squirrels or the stray chickens :oops:. I kind of think free range chickens...

Yes! I love them, i didn’t know the breed so thank you! We picked her up at tractor supply, she sadly died about a month ago due to a dog in the coup... I love that breed, great personality and just overall adorable.

Thanks! We actually have a fairly loud wind chime, but i’ve never heard of the CD trick. What do the wires over the run do?

So just recently a red tailed hawk moved into our neighborhood. Me and my neighbor both have chickens, and there is a small society of wild/stray chickens in the woods that someone left. We have a lot of squirrels, but i’m wondering how often red tailed hawks prey on chickens. Does color attract...

I mean i got a pullet at tractor supply that ended up being a cockerel. Then again my broody hen hatched four chicks that were all pullets. I’m not very familiar with geese but it’s probably still a 50/50 chance.

Is it possible they are laying somewhere you can’t find the eggs? They tend to do that a lot, and egg laying does slow down in winter. Also time to adjust to a new home but since last August is plenty of time. I’m not sure, just try looking in places they may have found to lay their eggs?

My hen was sitting in the middle of the run (until our cockerel bugged her) and just doing nothing. It’s cloudy, no sun bathing. Her tail is up, walking around normally. Is this normal chicken behavior or is something wrong?

I just found out, apparently the blood vessels didn’t get ruptured but the leg was basically seperated from the body but still attached. You could see the kidneys and everything. They are going to kill her humanely so she doesn’t suffer, there’s nothing they could do.