Thanks for the good advice. The chicken is still limping this morning, I cant see anything wrong but i cant get too close. She is the one chicken we have that seems to be scared of us and we cant pick her up to examine her closely.
Today we came home to find a dead chicken. It looks like something bent up a little hole in the fence and grabbed a chicken. It pt ate whatever it could pull through the hole, a leg, the head, etc. It was pretty gross. The other11 chickens are pretty shook up, one is limping but I couldnt...
When my chicks are 2-1/2 weeks old we are going out of state on vacation. A family member has volunteered to watch the chicks but they live 40 minutes away, so they are going to stay at their house. I am worried about driving them there... How do I get them there safely with the least amount...
I am getting ready for my first flock. I have fond memories of taking care of chickens when I was a child and now I finally have the space to have my own. I was thinking about getting 6 New Hampshire Reds and 6 Barred Rocks. Does anyone have these breeds together? I dont want any problems...