WE HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE! The kids did broilers for a 4h project last year and we had two extra after the auction, we kept them they even lay eggs! They only get to eat in the morning then the food gets taken away and they free range
I too had a hawk attack two weekends ago on a silkie, I was home and heard him do the warning call, I ran out and he was on the ground with a big chunk out of his back neck, thankfully I was able to recoup him in the house. ( nothing like having a roo crow at 6am in the mid room lol) I decided...
You said out to the coop at a week? Is it warm where u live? It’s cold here and I am usually more than ready to put them out in the smaller coop by 4 weeks
My chicken were be weeks when i moved them outside, i live in MI and it’s still very cold here.. I had two australorps and two SLW and two EE. They are all fine even with the temps at nearly 26. They just huddle together no supplemental heat. MIne were pretty much feathered. It was just to...
I have 47 week old chickens I need to add to the coop… I have tried to add them in the past Week… By putting a kennel inside the run and keeping them visible but separated… Today I tried to let them all join together… One hen is very aggressive with them... so I put them back in the kennel... I...
I’m not a hatching expert by any means, but when I’ve watched eggs hatch naturally, I know they are exhausted and need breaks in between... I would give it some time. It’s an exhausting process for them
Yesterday he was not standing he and both his eyes were closed ( I am a nurse so my training is only with humans) so I did the only thing I could think of and washed him up with antiseptic wash and bacitracin cream, I increased protein and gave him fresh melon this morning to help with...
I HAVE A ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD SILKIE ROO THAT GOT ATTACKED BY A HAWK YESTERDAY WHILE FREE RANGING. I WAS IN THE FRONT YARD WHILE THEY WERE IN THE BACK AND I HEARD THE ROO’s EMERGENCY CALL... MY HUSBAND AND I RAN TO THE BACK AND MY ROO WAS FIGHTING OFF THE HAWK BY THE TIME WE GOT THE HAEK...
I can’t help with an answer but I’m kinda in the same situation... One of my hens has been collecting eggs, and I go out to feed in the morning she does not come out, after work I go out to feed and let them range and she will come out for a while, the rest of the time she is in the nesting...
I have 14 broilers, 6 of them my children will auction off for 4-h, the others we will process... they are in a 10x12' pen in our garage... they are pooping machines... we clean the coop about 2tes a week but it seems endless to keep it clean... any suggestions? We use pine chip our garage is...