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How I a know eggs are belong to mated hen?

We have 10 hens and a rooster. He's general a calm rooster when it comes to use humans. He's never aggressive toward me. However, the hens look terrible. They're missing a ton of feathers on their backs. He have checked for mites and other bugs but it's not they case. It's definitely the rooster...

Okay, we might be on the right track. I have been buying bran which is high in protein to add to there food. Should that work?

All of our chickens are missing feathers. Some are missing more than others. Especially on their mid to lower backs. One in particular is missing a lot of fluff feathers. She is looking pretty bad. We checked for mites and didn't see any visible signs of mites. We haven't really observed them...

Okay than, I have three younger chicks (three weeks old). Can they go in the pen with the 8 weeks old? OOORRRR should I put the new hatchlings in the three weekers?

I have a set of chicks that are 8 weeks old. They currently live in a small pen away from the big chicken coop. We have a 5 hens and a big rooster in the coop so I'm little worried they will get picked on. How old should they be before I do this?

If it ripped off her headit was most likely a raccoon.

We have raised some chicks. They are not fully grown yet so they don't live in the coop with the adult chickens and the rooster. They spend the nights and morning in a small pen. During they day we let them free range around our yard. Soon will have to move another set of chicks into the pen and...

My only advice to please keep them save from predators. I have lost many geese to coyotes.

I have a male White Chinese goose who is looking for a mate. He has already had another chinese goose and an african goose for a mate but they have been killed by coyotes (Poor geese). Both of those breeds are very loud. What other breeds of goose will his pick as a mate?

Why do you think I'm not treating him like a goose?

He have a one year old Chinese goose named Steve. He isn't extremely aggressive but he can be a jerk sometimes. He'll sometimes charge you if you make him upset. Anyway, my girlfriend and I went to a local lake to see their geese. They only had few. They had two toulouse, a canada, and Chinese...

I have three month old ducks and two month old geese. I have a small plastic children's pool in their penned in area. They love to go in there and play but they also love to poop in it. The water turns brown in only a few hours. Is there anyway I keep it cleaner?

I cannot express how thankful I am to everyone who helped me help Bagwell. Thank you all.

Bagwell is standing and walking just about fine now. He was even started find his quack. We are so proud.