My turkey hen went Broody just outside my barn. We live in upstate ny near PA border.
A few days into sitting she disappeared along with all 13 eggs she was sitting on. No sign of struggle or any broken eggs. What would have taken her and the eggs???
Without leaving a trace our sign of struggle?
Question, I have a mama hen with four babies, she is crazy don't ever like anyone looking at her babies not even looking her way. Today I put 6 more in coop with her a few days younger then hers that she hatched. She seems to have accepted them,I worry that she may turn on the new ones that I...
I have a hen she picks at food but not eating, she is fluffed out not feeling well, her crop looked ballooned, I massaged it and air escaped almost burbing gas, the vile wretched smell is like putried horrifying rotting smell, she is an older hen our oldest. What can I do to make her better and...
I have a chick born a couple days ago, it has one leg that it keeps straight all the time, how do I help correct it?
I tried putting a bandage on both legs but it just falls over and chirps like crazy.
My dog found an egg one of my new hens left on the ground which he ate! Since then he grabs any egg he can get access to, is there a way to make him stop?
My incubator was due to hatch yesterday, I am incubating in Styrofoam lg still air hand turned. Yes I am aware that a fan and turner better incubator and so forth will help, but I am limited to this for now.
I had one chick hatch then nothing no pips nothing. I candled one last night it seemed...
My Dog Came Carrying On In A Manner I Never Heard Before When I Went Out I Found Two Strange Dogs Attacking My Flock They Ran Off But Not Before Killing My Only Two Silkies (Painted) I Talked To Neighbors Called Dog Warden And Still On Look Out ForThem, Afraid To Take My EyeS Off My Flock. I...
I want to hatch but my flock is all together they free range during day and at night share a house where I lock them in for their own protection. My question is about hatching chicks I don't want mixed chicks I know that I want to separate breeds for two weeks before collecting eggs for...
I have a d'Uccle
or frizzle rooster with no hens for them and a
Silver laced polish hen, with no roo, what I breed her to one of them??
Anyone have anything similar I am wondering what my results maybe??
This is my barred rock hen, she was killed last night, I am thinking maybe it was a coon, Whatever it was pulled her head through chicken wire, and pulled off her featers and skin. Anyone have a clue what would do this?
I am restarting my flock after 3 years, I dont want to go crazy and I think most of us know it is easy to do.
After much consideration and chatting with my household, we have settled on keeping Jersey Giants, Marans, Amerucanas and Orpingtons. We will also have a flock of Silkies, I am now...
I have a newly developed obsession with my silkies, and hoping to have a small flock of them before fall. I would like to make them housing closer to my house, and separate from where my layers are now.
I have a silkie roo and a somewhat silkie hen now (75% silkie but she is cross, not a silkie)...