Someone is trading me a Roo for a few of my chicks(he needs to get rid of the roo, I need to get rid of chicks) and I need a place to keep the roo till I have the funds/time to build him a pen, or to see if he gets along with my other boys. I'm in NJ, so no severe weather, apart from some good...
We have a co-op coop at our horse barn, and they people who built it weren't the smartest. It was built at the bottom of a slight hill, which never got muddy before, but since the chicken ripped up all the grass, every time it rains it turns into a mud pit. And wet chicken poop is slippery! Does...
I have a frizzled Cochin bantam with an attitude problem too, and right now his pen is only 4 feet tall, so I need to squat down to play with my other few that are in the pen. He HATES being touched, so when ever I would go in the pen I would just poke him, and he would jump up and run off. For...
My silkie hen is sitting on eggs from either my Speckled Sussex roo, or my Frizzle roo. I was planning on attempting just sizzles, but had no place for my (unexpected) Sussex roo to go, end everyone is getting along in ,he same pen, so on Monday I'll have some interesting babies!
This is Pita! His tail feathers have since grown in, my frizzle roo always picked his tail when they were babies, but no more since Pita has finally matured! His name stands for Pain In The ***, because he was a fiesty little chick and always tried to escape when you would open the brooder or...
Thanks guys! I have about 15 other hens, but the boys and the silkie are seperated, because I want to use her for breeding, the other girls are just for eggs for now! but she has a place in her pen where she can get away from the boys, and the boys are surprisingly nice to each other ( I keep a...
I forgot where I read it(but I printed out a list) but there are a tons of herbs that help with different chicken ailments. it said to line their nests with the herbs to help the eggs, chicks, and hens, and they don't even have to eat it if they don't want to, and non of it is harmful. But...
on Memorial Day, my silkie hen decided to be a good mommy finally. so I have one more week till chicks hatch, but have some questions.
Do I have to worry about checking for pasty butt, or will momma take care of that?
They will be staying outside, but what if it gets to hot? will just shade a...