Hi! I'm looking into getting a gosling and raising him/her with my hens, and i was wondering a couple of things, where would be the best place to get a gosling and at what age is ideal? Is one gender sweeter then the other, they will have 6 chickens and a controling rooster around them 24/7 and...
Hi! I'm looking into getting a gosling and raising him/her with my hens, and i was wondering a couple of things, where would be the best place to get a gosling and at what age is ideal? Is one gender sweeter then the other, they will have 7 chickens around them 24/7 and my family will be in...
I have this hen named Mohawk whose mother is a buff orpington and father is a amercana (sorry if i spelled that wrong). The fathers breed lays green eggs and the mother lays brown. Lately I've been finding eggs in the molasse tub she roosts on at night and there is green and brown eggs I've...
Hi So i have 5 hens and there polygamist husband. In the last 6 months 2 baby roosters were hatched and they are now at breeding age and assault my hens non stop, my hens are now so scared to go into the coop they attempt to roost outside or in the barn i have to carry them in the coop and put...
so i have a 4 day old baby chick she was hatched in an incubator and had her eyes open for her first 2 days but now she wont open her eyes at all and when you open her eyelids for her her eyes are completely black she can walk and cheep and seem perfectly normal except for that im worried if she...
She has not been on shavings and the bump is way on the right of her chest almost on the edge of her wing in my experience chickens crops are closer to the middle of their chest
my chick named midnight is about 2 weeks old and she has a full pair of small wings today. i noticed a lump proportionally pretty big for her body to the right of her very small wing on her chest it is kind of hard but not extremely hard im worried what it is suggestions? ideas? help? experience?
a chick just hatched and was kicked out of the nesting box it is now curled up in the fetel postion we are warming it up with a light what else do i need to do to keep it alive???? THANK YOU SO MUCH
Hi! I have 6 hens no rooster. 4 of the hens lay brown eggs the other 2 lay green i get 2 green eggs a day and no brown eggs. 1 of my 2 buff os Ducky is broody and so is my road island red Ginger so I don't get any eggs from them and that's understandable. But my Plymouth Rock Dawn and my other...
So i have 6 girls and i forgot to get them treats for Christmas so i was wondering what household foods could i use to make them a type of trail mix? im gonna crush up a nature valley bar and slice up an apple into tiny slices and mix it in honey any other ideas?