Oddly we had a rooster and I was getting an egg a day out of each hen. Now no eggs. Not sure why. Nothing else besides his removal has changed. They get to free range, they get lots of good food and water and nothing now. Not sure why. They actually were crying out in the weirdest way...
What did you end up doing? I have a silkie hen who was injured and her toenail twisted upward and she’s been limping poor thing. I don’t know what to do to fix it.
Update on our rooster: we were able to take him back to the farm where we first got him as a chick and our hope is he will fit in well there. I had him in a Clear storage bin with a mesh top/lid and he escaped while I was driving to the farm. He flew into the front passenger seat and then...
To answer more about chickens, we raised him from a chick with two other silkie chicks, both are hens. We received two more silkie hens about a month younger. He hasn’t been around any other ones of chickens. We have two cats and a dog and other than showing the youngest cat that he’s the...
He’s not aggressive towards me, but he does chase my kids. But honestly the kids were wanting him to chase them cause they find it funny cause he’s so little. He hasn’t hurt them. He’s been mating lately and the hens started to lay so I am thinking he’s being protective of his girls. Other...
Hello! I have a lovely roo that the county says I cannot keep. We didn’t know when we got him that he would be a roo. He was born just before April 27,2020. He’s a good protector for the hens and has begun trying to mate. He has also saved them many times from Hawks. I absolutely hate...