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For the past week I have noticed a difference in my flock's roosting pattern. They get on the roost at about 6:30 PM EST but it isn't getting dark until a little after7.Then in the morning, at 7:30 AM none of them are off the roost and the aren't coming down even during feeding. There are 4 hens...

I have a white crested polish bantam that I got from Tractor Supply. It was injured and not looking like it would make it so they let me just take one and see if I could save him. Well he did quite well so I went back a week later to get some friends and they had none, in fact they think he was...

HI everyone, I have 3 bantam chicks, one polish and 2 golden sebrights I was wondering when they can stay outside? We are in Florida and by the end of the week it will be high in the 90's and lows in the mid to upper 60's They are now 6 weeks old, I think they are feathered in but I have never...

I have 10 eggs in the incubator. What happened is I had 5 eggs that a hen was laying on and I checked them up to day 5. Our rooster kills all chicks that hatch in the coop so on day 18 I went out to collect the eggs and put them in the incubator on lock down. To my surprise there were 15 eggs. I...

I bought this chick Friday at Tractor Supply; it was clearly the runt and was in a bit of trouble. The other chicks were walking over top of her and she was having trouble standing a walking so I asked if I could purchase her and give her a chance. She is now doing great, she just need a little...

We have had to hatch three chicks because the hens were killing them as soon as the broke the shell. One was blinded by the hen, but she seems to be doing fine (2 1/2 days old), we put here in a small cage by herself. The other two have us a bit worried. One had to have help to hatch (2 days...

I am a newbie at raising chickens. We had three brooding hens and as the chicks hatched they were killing them. So we removed the eggs. One hatched fine on its own, the second needed help so I took the shell off and then helped peel the membrane and it is doing just fine. The third however is...