After a couple of years of one crisis after another (humans coming on the property at night and killing the poor things off, one every couple of days), they finally seem safe and secure. The count is four silkies and two normal sized mutts, the two latter are elderly hens (apparently in...
I had a chicken that survived a dog attack and lost a big piece of her back skin (about 3x3 inches). I am not for doing anyone in (no one goes to freezer camp at my house!). I gave her aspirin in water: five 325mg tablets crushed and dissolved in one gallon of water. She was to only have...
Good morning! I've had chickens for 14 years but received chicks yesterday from a friend whose hens hatched out some but then rejected them. Been a long time since I had any this young (if ever). They are two or three days old. I have questions. Ya'll have answers. Glad to be here.