My Silkie rooster has been attacking his hens lately. He's not breeding them either. Not as much as he should anyways. My hens have layed a couple dozen eggs and set and set and set and gave up. Then they kick out all the bad eggs and start over and those don't hatch either. One hen finally...
Is there any way to get a gander to pay more attention to other geese and not just one? Probably a dumb question. I have a gander that's claimed 2 geese but ignores the other 3 girls so I got another gander and he only hangs out with one of them still leaving 2 girls without a boyfriend. Do I...
There are 6 pheasant chicks altogether in a large bird cage with 2 Silkie chicks. They can all fit through the bars of the other cage I use for chicks so I had to use the bird cage.
Hello all, I recently bought some pheasant chicks from my local Wilco. They didn't have the species listed so I don't know what they are which is frustrating. So I was wondering, are ringneck pheasants the most common for feed stores to carry? I've looked up some pictures of pheasant chicks...
Hello, I have an Orpington roo who has always been friendly and sweet. He recently started to charge my 4 year old nephews and jump up in the air a couple feet away from them and scares the crap out of them. I always thought it was because they were at his level and he didn't quite understand...
I've heard that if you get breeds that naturally have the brooding instinct like Silkies and Orpingtons from hatcheries then the brooding instinct is pretty much bred out of them. But if you get the same types of breeds from private breeders then they still have the brooding instinct. All of my...
Hello, my name is Heidi. I created my profile a few months ago but just recently started using it and updating it. I really like this site and look forward to chatting with all of my fellow chicken/poultry enthusiasts. I raise goats, sheep and rabbits along with all of my poultry here in Oregon...