Hello BYC, I am doing my 8th grade science fair project on how the number of eggs per week will change based on the diet. What two diets should I use? Also any other suggestions are very welcome so please let me know!
So I've been thinking about getting pigeons and I was wondering if they are compatible with chickens. I have six one week old babies currently and six hens. I have a roomy completely enclosed coop and I was wondering if that would also work for a pigeon. Do I need to put a small pool in the...
I recently bought 6 day-old-chicks, and 2 of the black sex links seem to have poop sticking and clogging their butt... Is this normal?? I poured a tiny bit of peroxide on them but it didn't seem to have done anything... Any advice? Please help!!!
I recently bought 6 day-old-chicks, and 2 of the black sex links seem to have poop sticking and clogging their butt... Is this normal?? I poured a tiny bit of peroxide on them but it didn't seem to have done anything... Any advice? Please help!!!
They are still very small, that is why I'm curious. I prefers them for McM hatchery, as LF, and they are A lot smaller than my BOs when they started laying. Do you think it's a possibility that they could be bantams?
I have 2 gold laced Wyandottes, both 17 weeks old. Every time I approach them they go down in the crouch position, like my other layers. They are only 17 weeks old. Are they going to be laying soon? Pics will follow
I got an old Road Island red hen from my neighbor. I have only had her for four days now, and She is molting right now. I thought my coop and run were very secure but I guess not because she has completely disappeared from the coop. This is the first time she has left the coop. And she hasnt...
I got an old Road Island red hen from my neighbor. I have only had her for four days now, and She is molting right now. I thought my coop and run were very secure but I guess not because she has completely disappeared from the coop. This is the first time she has left the coop. And she hasnt...
I went out to the coop this morning to find my beautiful buff Orpington beheaded. Feathers all over the ground... Has this happened to any of your chickens? What do you think did it?
I have 2 gold laced Wyandottes, both 4-5 months old. I bought them as females from Mcmurray hatchery but it seems a lot bigger and more rooster looking than the other one. Also the bigger one has redder, bigger waddles and loves to fly. And it's tail feathers stick straight up whereas the others...