ok this all started when i came into the coop one day and one of my hens had a big bloody spot on her neck so i got a cage and put her in the cage while she could heal but when i let her out my rooster would chase her in till she would get real close to the ground to mate he would mate her...
not really she acts fine other than falling off the roost she dust baths with the others and runs around just like normal its just at night she acts like that
at night for the last couple of night one of my sex link hens will fall of the roost and hit the ground with a thud is this just a clumsy chicken or is it something she ate making her sick i have caught her before but i don't know what she would have ate in the pen please help
i took all of the straw out of my chicken coop because i read that when it get wet it can let off toxic smells for the chickens i have never seen it happen but i did not tack any chances im not for sure but maybe the straw is causing problems best wishes i hope that she get better
one of our neighbor started a fire and he went back inside and by the time i noticed it it was at our fence line i think that my rooster red new that it was coming first because he was over at the fence crowing and all the hens were in the far corner huddled together he is a brave man but...
I have never tried that before but as long as they don't constantly peck on them and chase them in a week or so they will be just fine but keep a close eye on them because the older girls will kill the little ones if they are to small
my sex link girls did not want any thing to do with chicks that I bought day old but I have heard that if one of you hens are broody you can let her sit on a couple of eggs and then at night jently put the chicks under her and take the eggs and check on her because if she dose not take them she...
if they are about 2 weeks old and it is warm about 80 degrees that that would be fine for a little bit but I would stay with them the whole time because at that age they need to be able to get warm if they get to cold they will die so if they are like day old chicks I would definitely wait till...
I have a cattle run behind my coops run and all the grass is growing in it and my chickens just stood over there looking at it I could not just let them out because I have to go all the way around the property to get there with the chickens but I just wanted my chickens to be happy so bad that I...