Hawks are almost always hanging with the vultures and since there are usually many vultures the one or two hawks up there kind of blend in. They usually are flying a little higher than vultures and have wings that do a forward "V" while the vultures are opposite. They're also a bit smaller and...
We let ours "free range" in our acre or so fenced area during the day and they go into their coop on their own at night. It's generally safe-outside of the random neighborhood dog that finds a way into the yard. Night time we just can't have them out. We had bantams that decided they wanted to...
We had a stray rooster and it was ugly. My top roo and the stray nearly killed each other. They attacked each other's eyes and wattles and it ended with my rooster losing an eye before I was able to separate them and ship that stray roo to a friend's house(she was looking for one to fertilize...
We have trail cameras and when we feel like our birds are being threatened we move the cameras to areas around the birds. It would be hard to ever know for sure without either having seen it or having video/pics. It seems like the rooster was after dominance. The birds he already knows and has a...
I found a wild bird with avian pox fluttering on the ground, not doing well. My chickens were all staring at it, but seemed to have kept their distance. What, if anything, should I do with my chickens. My bantams have never had any vaccines, but I know our standards (they're about 5 weeks...
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So funny-"one of the day's I didn't stink." Yeah, I've gotten closer to wild turkeys in my yard than my banties! Trying to get pics of these silly birds would require a high zoom and action camera. My "chicks" are a different story, so far. They seem to pose for me!
Is she at the bottom of the pecking order? My mature banty hen scares the poo out of all the other banties, so they are crazy skittish when she's around. Treats treats and more treats and just hanging out without acting like you're going to touch her, until she warms up. Lots of good tips from...
That's exactly it-they are showing submission, like they would with a rooster. They tend to be ok with being ok with being held by you when they do that squatting move.
They certainly love their combs and wattles being pet. Even my saltiest bird will calm down or even fall asleep when I pet combs and wattles. My mature banty hen ran in fear from me for a year, but this last time she was broody, I started petting her as she sat in the box and now she even acts...
Oh, it's totally normal to get all kinds of weird stuff with that first egg or so. Their systems can just take some practice runs to get up and running correctly.
They just look like double yolk eggs. It's typical when they're working out the timing of laying and things. Sometimes mine will have double yolks when they've not laid right away, like not getting their favorite nest box or something. Not something to worry about, typically.