Ultimate question is should we put her out of her misery or is it worth my time tending to her wound.
We have a single hen that came with the run we bought from a friend a little over a week ago. This hen was a lone survivor of a dog attack. We don't have any other chickens or chicks right now...
Two nights ago something got into our coop and killed one of our chickens. I later noticed that another one seemed injured. I took a look today and she has a significant puncture wound under her wing, in the thigh area. I'm planning to go separate her once I get my kids to bed. She is about 7...
I'm brand new to chickens. I have 6 chicks who are 2 weeks old. (I don't know what breed they are) 3 are small brown and 3 are yellow. The yellow ones are now more than double the size of the brown ones! My concern (other than wondering if these yellow ones are actually meat birds) is that they...
Hey! I'm brand new to keeping chickens! We got our 6 chicks 1 week ago. That's the most we can have on our lot. I don't know what breeds we have. 3 are yellow and 3 are brown!