It seems that my chickens got in a fight with one of my barred rocks (Dominique?) yesterday and they plucked it's tail and pecked at her vent. I washed it's tail and vent indirectly (I used warm water and soap and poured it one it's wounds). I brought it inside and today there is still some...
So I had to bring in my broody mama and her egg (she’s a bantam and the only viable egg left) because our temps here dipped into the single digits with negative wind chills. We have her set up in a corner of a room where it’s chilly but not cold, but of course that same room has a fireplace and...
Hello Thank you for adding me to the group. I have 16 backyard hens and 1 possibly 2 Rooster. I say "Possibly" as last spring we decided to let one of our hens, "Momma Mia" sit on her eggss, 16 eggs in all and 1 hatched. "Baby Nugget" We were hoping it was a rooster and just as we gave in to...