weaning

Hello, My husband and I are new to raising chicks. We ended up with one chicken by accident about 3 years ago. He thinks she was about 3 when we got her. She rode over on a hay truck and stayed with us since. She is a Catalana (I think) hen. Game hen. New to that terminology too. I will include...

Hello! (long back story but my question is at the end) I'm also a chicken novice! I live in Hawaii and we have TONS of wild chickens running around. Specifically, I have this 1 hen that cruises around my neighborhood with another hen and rooster. Eventually the other hen and rooster phased...

My wife and I have had a small flock(Under ten) of bantams about 2 years now. We had our first fertile egg hatch with a Broody hen with more than one chick hatching about a month and a half ago. The Chicks(seramas) are just over six weeks old. Appears as though we have 2 pullets and 2...

So I got 2 lambs and 1 goat two days ago. The lambs are male and female and the goat is female. The male Lamb I think is about 2 weeks old. He is 12.8lbs I gave him some milk in a bottle and he took it fine the day before but today he flat out refused the bottle. He wanted to eat straw instead...

Hi y'all. I've recently acquired a little ewe lamb. Someone basically dropped her on my doorstep. I didn't have any information on her but it seemed like she was <24 hours when I got her. So we've had her for two and a half weeks now. I have no idea what I'm doing but she's still alive and...

This should probably be on BYH but anyway here goes... Tommorrow we are picking up a mother doe and her female kid. The kid is ready to be weaned I am told. They are both Saanen but as I am fairly new to goats, I'm unsure of this weaning process?! If anybody could give me advice or explain...

Hello, we adopted an abandoned chick and had no food, so we researched and temporarily fed it cat food, we got chicken feed, but he only eats a little and still goes after cat food instead. Right now we're trying mixing the cat and chicken feeds, any better ideas? Please help, he has been the...