How soon should I start giving my chick greens like fresh herb leftovers and grass? My chickens free range most of the year (they have a covered run for winter) and I’d like her to have fresh things to scratch in. Currently she’s eating medicated chick feed and electrolyte water. I don’t want to...
The hen is just one from my flock I have 5 birds and I’m allowed to have 6. The hen went broody (which she’s done before) but she seems to be a good mother in theory but not in practice. They did refund me and I gave me a free chick so I chose a very strong looking golden Hamburg.
Th problem is that I don’t own my house. I’m only allowed one more chicken. I don’t think the hen hurt her. A few of the other chicks I saw at the store were sickly looking. I had the heat lamp directly on her but I didn’t have a thermometer (my brooder box had one but I couldn’t get it off.) I...
Breed: Barred rock (or Plymouth Rock)
Name: Grelda Claw Claw
Sex: hen
Reason: She is very smart and “friendly”
Age:1 1/2 years old
Weight: I don’t know really.
Other: She’s friendly to me and no one else. She is at the top of the pecking order. She has to watch me get the food and requires that...
Hello I’m new to this site (kinda, I reference this site for research and emergencies) and it with something rather sad. I just bought a pretty little Rhode Island Red from the feed store today and just an hour ago she died. She was around an adult hen earlier who didn’t take to her. I set her...