Recent content by Chickencrazy22

Hello I wanted to let everyone know that we finally got ahold of the neighbors and I was able to get the chicken to them. It was still alive when o brought it to them. What they will do with her from there... I’m not sure. I would have loved to care for her, but I have chickens of my own and I...

I just went to check on it and it looks like it’s neck is broken. When it stands up it won’t raise its head. It just Dangles. And it is breathing very heavily

I’m not sure what to do. I at first thought it was dead. So I left it and was going to contact the neighbors. But now that it isn’t dead I’m not sure what to do. I don’t know if moving it will make it any worse. I do what to help it but I’m not sure what the best say to do that is

Okay so this isn’t my chicken it’s actually my neighbors. But it’s in my front yard. At noon today I came home to a what I thought was a dead chicken in my yard. I left it there not sure what to do with it. It’s 7 hours later and I was looking out and I saw it move. It had not moved all day and...

There is no mold or anything in the garage, and I live in Indiana so the weather here in unpredictable. It’s 27F today but was 60F yesterday. I’m worried about him closing his eyes like he is. It’s ljke the kinda roll back and his eye closes halfway and then he opens them and stares around. Is...

No he is in the garage but no heat lamp or anything. He has some hay as bedding but it’s not dusty or anything. I have been giving him electrolyte water off and on with regular water. Should I keep doing that or stop? Also he isn’t always in the cage. Whenever I am home I let him run around the...

So a day or so ago I noticed that my roosters breathing was a little raspy. And today I am noticing he is kind of halfway closing his eyes and the shakes it off and repoens them, before closing them again. I think he might have gapeworm. He opens his mouth to breath sometimes but not often. He...

so recently it got extremely cold. -20F wind chills. My rooster had been blocked from the wind but not brought inside. He also had a heat lamp that he could go under if needed. But enough area to get away from all heat. Somehow he ended up getting frost bite on his comb that developed fast. His...

so recently it got extremely cold. -20F wind chills. My rooster had been blocked from the wind but not brought inside. He also had a heat lamp that he could go under if needed. But enough area to get away from all heat. Somehow he ended up getting frost bite on his comb that developed fast. His...

I have updated their brooder to a 4ft by 2 ft brooder. They seem much more active! guess they were too hot! thank you all

Thank you so much for your replies! And I will be getting a bigger brooder this weekend thankfully. I just needed something to get them by until then! And I will keep the lamp there and provide a cooler side just incase! thanks again

Yesterday I was surprised with 4 ameraucana chicks. My dad told me that TSC told him they were one day old. I don't know if they are that young but i know they aren't more than a couple days. So when we first set them up i wasn't planning a whole lot because I had to run and get chick supplies...

The neighbors live on 5 acres like us but their chickens are at the front of their property. They have 75 chicken!! But only about 6 come on our property. I know that since it is winter not many bugs are our out. I don’t know if they feed their chicken. I only know they have an automatic door on...

Definilty not bad if we end up with more hens! Our rooster is bigger than their rooster not sure if that matters but the last rooster that was on our property our rooster chased off many times. Do roosters normally just chase others off their territory or do they chase to kill? It wouldn’t be as...

Thank you everyone for your responses! I have about a month to figure the situation out. The neighbors said they can’t keep the chickens on their property as “they go where they want and they can’t be contained to the property” I might try the nesting box idea! It wouldn’t be a huge issue if the...