Recent content by RookieChickenFarmer

Sounds like a wonderful suggestion. I'll give it a try. Thanks so much!

I have 2 female pygmy goats that I have raised since about 8 weeks old. They are 2 years old now. Both are very sweet to me, but when I introduced a pygmy billy for breeding, they almost killed him! I have tried twice now to breed them with no luck. I really believe they are too mean to the...

That is so sad, I'm sorry to hear about your dying chicks. I didn't have any die early, but I've read a good bit about them and sometimes there are just 'sickly' chicks. I gave my Save-A-Chick in their water and they all did great. Are you sure they are warm enough? If they are cold, they...

Thanks for the advice and sympathy. I gave them a bunch of different grasses and such to peck at and they really seemed to like it. I'll try hanging some veggies around in the morning. I just don't understand why they are doing this! It's so frustrating!

What causes this and what can I do? I came home to find my favorite chick pecked to death tonight. We just placed them in their new coop 2 days ago. It is 6 times bigger than what they were in before. I have/had 26 total. They are 4 weeks old. It appears that the black sex links are...