Recent content by jskirwin

Shows you what I know about hens. Thanks for the info!

I have a flock of 7 chickens - 4 bantams including 2 roosters, and 3 standard sized hens. A few weeks ago one of my bannie hens went broody on the floor of the 2 story coop, and I didn't give it much thought. Last week I opened the coop one morning and she walked out with 7 chicks. All the...

8 days after hatching the baby is dead. Today I found the mother fighting with another bantam hen in the coop after a week of no aggression in the flock whatsoever. I have no idea what set things off today. When I released them to forage in the yard things calmed down and I found that the...

Well we've completed the 3rd day and mom and chick are doing fine and still with the group. I feed the flock the usual Demour pellets, throwing it into the grass where they peck at it. Mom runs away from the little one for a minute or two, then comes back after getting a bite. I then feed mom...

Well so far mother hen and chick made it through the day fine without hassle from any of the other hens or roosters, at least as far as I've seen. They made their way down from the nest box to the ground floor of the the coop where there's hay and their out of the way (birds perch and nest on...

Hi I have a small flock of 4 bantams and 4 "regular" sized hensI rescued from a teenage neighbor.The 2 of the bantams are roosters but get along well enough. All are free range with 2 coops in a fenced quarter acre in front of the house. They have been together a year with few signs of...