I conveniently had a chicken become broody last week.....a few days before my chicks were due to ship from Mypetchicken.com.
They shipped today. I'd like to put a few under this hen and try to see if she will take to them.
Any suggestions on how to go about that?
Thinking I'd sneak them under...
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Long story short, I have 3 out of my 5 chickens with crusty, oozy, bubbly eyes and clearly having difficulty breathing. I've seen one of them vomit.
Clearly I have sick chickens.
What I'm looking for advise on is what to do. They are separated from the other two, but I'm not going to be...
I recently added 5 hens to the 2 I already had.
When I close them up at night, 4 will either be on top of each other in a nesting box or on top of each other in a corner on the ground. 1 is usually on a roost along with my original 2.
There is roughly 9ft total of roost space. My original 6...
I have been searching the threads to find a similar situation to the one I have with my hen, but can't find anything that fits just right. I thinking that I will get much of the same feedback as some of the other posts, but it's kind of a matter of making myself feel better about my poor...