I say no because in my herd we remove most of the babies as soon as they are born, but some of the does we allow to raise their own kids. I have a recorded grade nubian doe who I have raised since her birth. She was bottle raised in a pen with all of the other goat kids and when she first kidded...
Introduce only adult bantams and do it slowly. Otherwise the bantams can get picked on and possibly killed by the bigger chickens as they are being put into the pecking order. Besides that they do very well free ranging.
Is cold were you are? I have owned goats for about 10 years now and I had a recorded grade nubian doe who every single winter has had a runny nose and sometimes runny eyes. Also she would cough and sneeze a lot, but when it warmed up she was fine.
See if you can expand the leg out and if the toes can be opened and closed. This allows you to see if it is movable. From the sounds of it I would call he vet immediately!
I had the exact same problem. I tried to train my dogs to not eat the eggs, but it really hasn't worked for me. The only thing that I found that works is making sure your hens are laying in the coop and, if you are free range them, having the door big enough for the chickens to get in and out...
I was thinking of using some fake eggs in my bantam hen nesting boxes. Does anyone have experience with this and/or know how to make some bantam sized fake eggs?
I have raised silver laced wyandottes for a couple years now and shown them at multiple shows and they do great as exhibiting birds, but they are not the best at showmanship. If you are planning on doing showmanship. I would use a Rhode Island Red or ameraucana if you are planning on doing...
I agree with Outpost JWB, definitely treat them with the corid and keep them away from the rest of your flock. In my experience I have had the exact same problem and even when they look fine they seem to relapse with coccidiosis quickly if not treated with corid.
Sorry, about that I mean't within the past two weeks I wasn't getting anymore eggs out of them. I bought them a month ago or so and they were laying perfectly fine, but they just stopped laying at a point and I am wondering if it is because of the weather or the management.
I have several Silver phoenix bantam hens and a rooster and two weeks ago they stopped laying for some reason. They are a little over 1 year old and have a light on them that gets turned off late at night and then turned back on in the morning. I have seen a couple of the hens go into the...
I had two guineas that were killed last night and one that was injured from last night as well and today my goose went missing without any feathers blood or anything at all! I spent two hours with a flash light outside searching for any signs such as blood, feathers, body parts, etc. but I can't...
Is anyone selling straight run white laced red cornish bantam chicks this time of year? I would like to buy some, raise them over the winter, and show them in the summer.
Does anyone know if a cross between either a rhode island red or silver laced wyandotte hen crossed with an easter egger rooster will create sex links?