My chickens are lost! I only had three but they free range in the yard all day and a tree guy left the gate open! I'm hoping they come home tonight otherwise I'm going to need new girls before my three year old gets heartbroken!
I had a hen suddenly die and I took her to UCDavis for a necropsy. This is the report they gave me. Could the rest of my flock also be in danger?
1/14/14:
The demise of this chicken is due to a severe systemic infection due to Gallibacterium anatis biovar hemolytica, the second
most common...
I would probably keep the chicks. We have six hens now and there are never enough eggs! Roosters would have to go to a farm or to freezer camp though. What were you thinking? I could bring some chicks back if you want them hatched for you?
Hi all! I've been gone for a while getting a job and such but now I need your help! I have a broody hen (buff orphington-Wyandotte cross) who I would love to give some fertile eggs to. I was thinking a half dozen eggs of some sort of LF laying / dual purpose breed. Anyone have something like...
Its hard to keep up with you guys! I've been leaving some eggs in the nest and one both of my partridge rocks have been hanging out in the nest for long periods of time. They will hang out for hours, seem very zoned out. One of them has even been plucking her breast a little bit. Are they...
Ron- I know that western feed in Davis carries it but I think they were out lat I checked. I'm glad I settled on feeding my girls King feed. It seems like it comes highly recommended here!