The feed I give them is Kalmbach 17% protein. Treats are usually vegetables and fruits like cucumbers, lettuce, or grapes. Shes been acting normal and pushes the eggs out fine. We just dewormed recently and they all look healthy on the outside.
One of my EEs has been laying eggs with small calcium deposits on the top of the shell for a while now. I know that its normal every once in a while, but after collecting her egg today I’m a bit worried.
This is nothing like I’ve seen before compared to the other calcium deposits (if this even...
I do have a 2 y/o rooster along with a few cockarels but we were supposed to get rid of them this weekend but had to cancel. I’m trying to find them all homes quickly so this won’t happen again. :(
I found one of my young cockerels with a 1 inch wide wound in his side today. I don’t know how long it’s been there or what caused it. I didn’t have my phone at the time to get a picture but I’m pretty sure it went down to the meat. Is it too late if I already poured hydrogen peroxide and...
Okay, that changes my view on them lol. I’ve seen people say that their brahma roosters can be too big to properly fend off predators but I’ve also seen that some are great at it. I’ll see which of the upcoming roos are best with the hens and I and choose him if our current rooster keeps getting...
The new rooster is about a year ans a half old and the hens are around 2 years old. I would wait for an upcoming rooster, but majority are brahmas and we dont really want a massive rooster that might be lazy or too big to fend off predators. The only non brahma rooster is a mean EE.
He’s not bleeding but they did pick an open patch on his back and you can see the rest of what they did in the image. Their run is wide open but they have roosts and a swing. I can definitely add more to their run though. We also do have two feed areas one in the coop and one in the run.
We recently had a fox kill a few hens and our flock rooster, so I found a post about someone needing a home for their OE rooster and decided to take him. He did good with my flock of 8 hens and 13 pullets and roos for a few days and he is a very sweet and good rooster. However, the hens...
Another update, I’m not sure if it’s getting much better. He somehow got pecked a bit through the fence that separated him from the flock. i’ve been treating it every day and now there is a spot that looks sort of green. is this normal? I still haven’t gotten all the pus out.
To add to this, she’s never had health issues and I’ve never had diseases or mites/fleas in my flock. My dad said she looked as if she’d died and fallen off the roost since she was laying underneath it. She had no open wounds and the other chickens left her body alone. I’m not sure if they’re...
She was dead yesterday morning. She had plenty of shade and she was eating and drinking last time I checked her over. I had a fan running as well in the coop. I can’t really say if there was any clues with the body since my dad was the one who found her. I have no clue what happened.
Today when I went down to my coop, I noticed my 2 y/o Mystic Maran standing still and panting. I let my flock out to free range and she followed but instead of pecking around and looking for food, she was standing still watching everyone else. She wasn’t panting all the time but I noticed she...