One of my 8 week old hens has a huge gash on the back of her neck. Not sure if the rooster got to her and did it or if she got her head stuck somewhere but I've flushed it twice with peroxide and clean water. Have her separated from other chickens. What else should I do? Thanks.
A month? Wow. Yes they are keeping their distance and compared to other topics I've read the older ones are not pecking at the little ones as much as other stories I've read. So maybe my situation isnt as bad as I thought. Thanks!!
I just released my 6 chicks into the run with the other 6 that I already had. You get ones are about 9 weeks older ones are about 16 weeks. The younger ones have been in a separate cage for about 2 and a half weeks inside of the coop so the older ones would start to get used to them. The...
Kind new to being a chicken raiser. What is better layer crumbles or layer pellets? My chicken went to the coop a few weeks haven't started laying get and was wondering which feed would be better? Thanks in advance!!!
I don't have a picture of it now. But the last two nights have been weird. I put a light in the coop and two nights ago I had one get in there had to manually put the others in. Then next night I had two get in there and now tonight they were all in there about half hour before dark then went...
Hello I'm fairly new to raising chickens and new to this page. I've raised my chicks up and are now in my coop but they don't like to go up the ramp and into the housing at night. The last few days I have put the feeder up in there to try to get them to go up and down to get used to it but...