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    Lethargic hen not eating or drinking, new to chicken keeping!

    Yeah I read that also, I've read that even the female ducks will do it. At this point I'm pretty sure that all the ducks are female. I've never seen one attempt to mount another and they all seem to get along fine. The ducks and the chickens sleep together in the yard etc. but the hen being in...
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    Lethargic hen not eating or drinking, new to chicken keeping!

    I'll clean the coop today and see if the bedding is wet underneath, now that they are free tanging they are never in the coop during the day. Before they would nap in there to get out of the sun and so it was getting wet after they would swim. We don't keep any food or water in the coop. If it's...
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    Lethargic hen not eating or drinking, new to chicken keeping!

    Here's the background; We are new to keeping chickens. We have 16 hens, 1 rooster and 7 female ducks. The chickens were all purchased together and are 16 weeks old and not vaccinated. We keep the ducks and chickens together in a coop that is 8'x10' with an additional duck house that of course no...
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    And yet another, Hen or Roo?

    This gal/sir is 4 weeks old today. Size wise about the same as my buff orpingtons and my Brahma's. This is my first time getting chicks, we ordered 16, they sent us 17. We wouldn't mind a rooster with a flock this size and we thinnnnk this lady might not be a lady after all. She is the only one...
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    Hi from Michigan!

    Hello! My name is Katie, me and my flock are from Traverse City, Michigan (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, we just got our baby chicks 2 weeks ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We ordered 16 but they sent us 17, so 17! (3) What breeds do...
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