Just as my hens are about ready to lay we have had a series of disasters that are forcing me to give them up. I live in Avondale, Pennsylvania--on the border of Hockessin, Delaware right next to Kennett Square. Any bedding and food will go along with them, although a donation wouldn't be...
Just as my hens are about ready to lay we have had a series of disasters that are forcing me to give them up. I live in Avondale, Pennsylvania--on the border of Hockessin, Delaware right next to Kennett Square. Any bedding and food will go along with them, although a donation wouldn't be...
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I'm working with my first flock and have been experiencing some issues. I have two silkies, a D'Uncle, two buffs, an Easter Egger, and two Ameraucanas. I had a third Ameraucana who pecked everyone half to death one morning in the brooder box, and managed to get all but two of the...
Hi there. I have nine three week old chicks of various breeds. Yesterday I noticed that three of them were bleeding around their tail feathers. I cleaned them off, and used blu-kote on their wounds. After placing them back in the brooder box, two of the other hens went straight for them...
I am new to raising chickens and have three Buff Orpington females among my flock, they are three weeks old. Up until two days ago they were the most docile of my birds, even more so the bird I am concerned about. Two days ago she began frantically crying and trying to escape every time we...