Recent content by chicken moma

UP DATE all chicks are back with mom, . . .and I think s/he hates me, my job is done. haha

young chick broken leg couldnt keep up, I isolated 5 days now. leg is getting better he can run by flapping but not keep up. I put shim out with mom every day for longer and longer he want to go but I can still catch shim and he cant get out of the box yet, haha s/he will need to climb a...

young chick ( no tail yet) one of a clutch of 10, 7 still surviving,(mongoose) feral birds but born at our house, broken leg? couldnt keep up. I isolated now 5 days, leg is better starting to bear weight, I put him out with the mom and chicks every day for longer each time, keep an eye...

up date; to night mom was up in the big tree to roost, and the chick was not. he cant fly up or climb up yet, tries to, looks up, tries to jump but is not very agile. he is a wyandotte not a wild chick, and only 4 weeks old in 2 days, has only fluff, she just called him, and stayed up in the...

just came across this post I was wondering the same thing. I got an 8 day old wyandotte for my wild hen who was broody but lost her chicks, (he is now being mothered by 2 hens,) he is 18 days old today. very strong loves to scratch is doing well but he is big, much bigger than the wild chicks...

unusual behavior, I had 2 black free range wild Hawaiian hens brooding, sitting next to each other, they dont usually like each other, they hatched one egg each within 2 days of each other, the 1st moms chick died, so she sat outside the other hens box? walked around, calling and trying to feed...

I add a little DE to the mix feed, (and a handful of oats ) which I toss on the ground in the Am and Pm before they roost, clean water, (in one dish I put a touch of ACV) the chickens are free range. occasionally I toss out food scraps to forage through, leafy's, tomatoes, cooked egg, they...

I just had a similar situation and hope for a similar out come fingersx. I have wild free range chickens and one not a good mum RIR. 2 hens went broody in the egg boxs. ? it was not the best choice and they were constantly disturbed by the other hens, ti was not ideal. the older hen hatched...

does an interrupted incubation cause weak chicks? mum has been kicked out of nest every day when others want to lay (and sit,) they are wild and have decided to sit on eggs in a box on the front stoop. usually we pick up eggs daily but were away for a few days and came back to broody hen on 5...

UP DATE: Girlie has started laying , little brown eggs, she has jumped right in to the box after watching the wild hens. the egg looks and feels normal, and she has produced 2 eggs so far with no problems Yeah!

we dont know how she was injured but a dog is very possible, she was in really bad shape. I am absolutely ok with her not laying, just dont want her to get things stuck, I dont know what if anything internal was damaged but she seems happy now. I know she is not wanting to breed, and is still...

Hiya; they are all wild and yes they lay all over, sometime IN the trees! (facepalm) in the laundry room, on the freezer, in the truck, so I put a box on the stoop and all 4 are jumping in, there, there is about 20 eggs in there . I thought someone would sit but not yet, very small size eggs but...

2 RI reds were 'let go' and found my house, they both looked sick white faced and when I caught them their bones were pronounced. they were young, and picky eaters, one disappeared, the other hung around, after about a couple of weeks, she started hanging out with the wild ones, but I would...