My Serama hen stole eggs from her neighbor's nest, and after the chicks hatched she also stole some chicks and now she is raising 15 chicks by herself. Maybe this will teach her a lesson?
I have seen hawks around here land on the ground and chase chickens, I have seen them go into the bushes after the hiding chickens, if I weren't home at these times I am sure the horrible hawks would have made a meal out of some of my flock. This all occured in a large yard which was...
Thanks for your help, I checked the bully and its victim today and I am 95% sure they are both going to be roosters. I tried putting the victim back with Mom and the other chicks but as soon as the bully sees it, it runs it off, I will catch it again and put it back with the two older chicks.
My Serama hen hatched 9 chicks about 5 weeks ago. Everything had been going fine but today 2 of the chicks started fighting and the winner kept attacking the loser and it was pityful. The poor thing kept running and screaming, Mom couldn't stop it, so I removed the hurt chick and put some...
Your birds are adorable. I have five cockatiels and one green cheek conure. I am happy to read your conure will be Ok. I used to work for a vet and I remember when a cockatiel was brought in after being attacked by a large parrot. It had landed on the parrots cage and the larger bird bit one...
My Serama hen hatched out 9 chicks in an Eglu cube, I waited until the last hatched and moved them to another pen where the babies could reach the ground easily. I knew those babies couldn't make it down the steep ladder to the ground. I had no problem moving them and in a few days they will...
I would get rid of him before ANY of my birds. If you are happy living with your pets good for you. Don't let anyone control your life or make you guilty about spending time with your pets. I was in the same situtation with a man who "didn't like my cockatiels". Needless to say, I still have...
I put up my eglu cube with a run over a month ago. It is very nice and my Seramas love it. I was wondering it has ventilation holes in it and would a snake be able to find the opening and get in? Does anyone with the cube every have a snake problem? Thanks.
I got delivery of my cube about a month ago, bought it with the extended run, it's great for my seramas. I would be very interested in the new lighter version this one is hard for me to move I need help.
A hawk got into my chicken yard, I have fishing line strung all over the top and cds hanging, it found a way thru the line and when I got out there it was running on the ground chasing my silkies. I chased it with a large pole net and it ran behind my coop and flew up to the top of the fence...
Lucky you they are hens. I raised some chicks last year and as soon as they get feathers you could tell the males from the females. I had two roosters and finally had to trade them off for more hens because they kept tearing the back feathers off of the hens while mating. I had thirty hens...
I live in middle tennessee also and I free range my standard chickens almost every day, they love it and always go running into the front yard. I also keep guinea fowl with them, they are excellent watch dogs and sound the alarm as soon as they seen something and out I go to deal with it. I...
I have had Guineas for about 11 years now, they are "free spirits" and love to wander. It has been some battle over the years to get them to roost in a coop, I still have 3 old males who insist on roosting in large trees on the property. I have been lucky with my guineas that I got a few...
My white leghorn hens can fly right over my 6 foot fence no problem, but my greatest flyers are my serama chickens, they can fly from the ground right up into the trees. They are super flyers, thats why they are now kept in runs.