Recent content by wildrootsmama

***sorry hit submit to soon!*** One of my hens has turned into a nest stalking egg eater. She only eats other hens eggs! I have her and her sidekick who has also been stalking and tagging along, isolated right now. I've tried decoy eggs and plan to hang nesting box curtains, but unfortunately...

One of my hens has turned into a nest stalking egg eater. She only eats other hens eggs! I have her and her sidekick who has also been stalking and tagging along, isolated right now. I've tried decoy eggs and

So I moved them to a bigger space this morning and I haven't seen anyone pecking aggressively at all!!! Keeping positive that maybe the chick was just feeling a little sassy yesterday. Thanks for all the suggestions!

I'm going to move them to a bigger space this morning and see if that helps. My online searches also mentioned something about a salt cure....adding salt to their water? Should I try that as well?

Not sure if I have an aggressive chick on my hands or what is going on. I have 12 chicks, hatched just on Sunday and it seems one has started lunging and going after the others eyes in particular. It's not a constant thing, but it seems like when i stay with them for awhile she will start to do...

Hi!! I live in central Ohio with my husband, 2 young daughters, 2 Siamese cats, and we just recently added 12 chicks and 2 ducklings to the family! We have Buff Orpingtons, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Buckeyes, Delawares, and Rhode Island Reds. One of our ducklings is a Khaki...