I have 4 older sapphire gem hens. They’ve been living in the coop for about 2-3 years. I’m trying to introduce two girl chicks and one baby rooster. They are about 11 weeks old. It seems that the older ones keep ruthlessly attacking the chicks and I cannot get them to stop. How should I go about...
Someone brought it to my attention that it might be easier to just use flock raiser for my ducks, quail and chickens. My main concern is whether or not it has enough nutrients in it for all three types of birds? Also what about my layers? Would the flock raiser be good enough to support them...
Recently tried adding 3 month old chicks to flock thought the other 5 hens would be fine with the new chicks, but chicks got injured and heard about beak clipping and wondering the best tool(toenail clippers, dog clippers or dremel) and how to prevent further damage to the new chicks. Would like...
Please help. I don’t know what I’m dealing with. She is the oldest chicken I have and she has had eye problems for the last 3 days. I started antibiotic ointment for her eye today. But I’d like to know what I’m working with. No other symptoms of any illness or anything. Eating fine, active, and...
So I bought 20 chicks (19 dead), the last one seems to be fine.
I bought few chickens(grown up) and only one left. So can i add that small chick, my only hen seems to be kind cuz she basically ignores him if he is near. Even if i can, how?
I recently started my back yard flock and I have two hens (a mystic onyx and a Plymouth blue rock) that are about 3ish months old and I added two silkies that are around a month younger however the silkies were straight run and I’m starting to see signs that one of them may be a roo. Would this...
How to keep your flock in line and show those chickens who's the boss!
Having trouble getting your flock to listen to you? Need help getting them all in the coop every night? They won't come when you want them to? Well then, you're at the right place!
Tip one:
Your chicks won't listen to you...
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I have asked questions in the past, but never posted about something I learned. Anyways, I'll get straight to the point. I have discovered one of the most game-changing products for chickens, horses, and really any small animal.
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I have had my first flock...
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I have 4 Aylesbury ducks (two female, two male) and they are 6 months old. I’ve noticed that my largest male will literally never wash himself and I’ve in turn actually named him mud. Is there a dominance reason for this? The females and the other male seem to willingly hop into the...
most of the things i have seen don't look the exact same.
All but the 1 chicken are my faverolles, the one is a orphington.
All came from meyers hatchery and are 5 months old.
no wheezing, discharge, or other noises
when I look in their beak / throat I don't see anything
All the chickens...
Here's a video of my flock of 20!! Meet my cats, and an update on my hen Eva's eye! ( https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/swollen-tear-duct-please-help.1446209/ )
Hope you enjoy it!!
http://video.mov/
(I think it might not work, but worth a try!!)
Here's a video of my flock of 20!! Meet my cats, and an update on my hen Eva's eye! ( https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/swollen-tear-duct-please-help.1446209/ )
Hope you enjoy it!!
http://video.mov/
(I think it might not work, but worth a try!!)
Im planning on raising calls and I plan on getting 10 2 males and 8 females would this make a healthy flock and I live in nc so weather is always changing
Hello! I have a flock of about 12 girls. A couple Roos. I typically get between 9-12 eggs a day. But the last three days I’ve only gotten one egg. Is this normal? I know it’s normal to not get as many, but will some of them just stop playing completely In the winter? Or do I need to check them...
Hello, when one of my hens became broody, my kids convinced me to get three chicks to make her happy. I ended up with a straight run and two grew up to be roosters. They’re about seven months old now and crow back and forth nonstop. They get along with each other as brothers and rarely...
I’ll try to keep this as short as possible so not to waffle, but don’t want to miss out any details!
I had a young hen, Rihanna, being badly picked and pecked by one other hen, Barbara, (and sometimes her accomplice) in the summer.
Rihanna’s poor tail feathers were almost non-existent and as...
Decided to go ahead and post my flock :)
I have 6 salmon faverolles, 3 rhode island reds, one mille fleur d'uccle and one gray d'uccle
Here's my rooster, named Father Time, he's the mille fleur d'uccle bantam
Here's my favorite salmon faverolle, named Ruby, she had some sort of respiratory...