We have an open air steel frame barn that is divided into several stalls. One of the stalls have been converted to a coop which is surrounded by chicken wire with the outer wall covered with plywood. I will hang a solar lamp from the ceiling that will help keep the biddies warm and add...
My English bantam laid 10 eggs, hatched 5, killed 2, nearly killed another, and I took the rest of her eggs and placed in a make shift incubator. I hopeful that the one I saved lives.. the chicks head was pecked pretty bad and if it lives it'll probably be blind. I have no idea why she did this...
We have an English Bantam sitting on 9 eggs; today she hatched 2. I've heard that there is a dietary supplement to use in their water. I have medicated chick feed already but not sure about the medicated water??
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Ok, I have a dumb question. My wife and I have 8 chickens and have raised them from chicks. We have 3 bantams (1 rooster and 2 hens) and 3 Americauna hens... Or so I think.. One of the hens looks
and acts like a hen but has the characteristics of a rooster. I'm almost convinced that what I...