One of our hens was just attacked by what looked like a hawk. She is now leaking some sort of clear liquid. Does anyone know what that could be or what we could do to help her?
Thanks darkmatter! This is our first time hatching them naturally as opposed to an incubator. Sounds like I am panicking a little too soon? We have thought about taking them out of her nest and bringing them into the house....but she won't let us near her!! I'll just wait and watch a little...
Two of our hens have been sitting on eggs.......and we went in yesterday to discover that they are finally hatching. As of last night there were only 2.....but today we can see another baby that looks like it just hatched. My concern is that she has not gotten out of her nest to bring the...
Thank you all so much for your wisdom. Like I said, we are just learning!!!! We did put her in there at night time because we were told that is the best time. I just wish she would stand up for herself. She is definately not the smallest hen in the house!! It is just very strange the way she...
Thanks for your advice!!!! We have been talking about seperating her, but we just don't have the set up yet. Is it normal for her to not be fighting back?
Hello everyone. This is my first time posting on this site and I need some expert help. We hatched our first time ever chickens on easter. We ended up with 6 hens and 8 roosters. We had to get rid of the rooster cause they just weren't playing nice!! So we were left with 1 Americauna, 3 Partidge...