After my whole flock died
I decided I will never raise chicken again two weeks ago
I was feeling bored cause I used to sit and roam with chickens
2 days ago at night
I was looking outside the window I saw dark blurred figure ( I could say something alive moving )
I went outside and it was...
One day when I have my own house and a job ( I am a minor) I will start again 😊 with bantams ( my all time favourite broodies ) and LF ( for eggs ofcourse )
I will keep them as pets
Its been 3 days I am still in shock how the happy flock of 14 chickens died within a days
They were free ranging happily like everyday
Next day pullets became lethergic and died at noon
Hens and chicks at night
Their faces are swollen and breathing mouth open and heavily
Rooster was lethergic...
My neighbours raise kuroilers
I think they are not laying cause of winter
Kuroilers starts around 5 mo
So after a week or two or when winter ends yours will start laying large brown eggs 😊😊
You can place a nesting box
If they are checking or sitting in them
They are close to laying
What if that rooster stop coming here
Will she accept my rooster ?
After her mom weaned her at 2 mo
She always roam with my rooster
And he treated her gently with care
My rooster is not dancing nor I see him mating with her
I saw her mating once with that stranger
Recently one of my pullets has become more vocal and has face for a month now
Yesterday when I came home I saw my rooster fighting with unknown rooster they were exhausted and muddy
I separate them and I found that his owner lives 100 m far from my house
And he keeps coming here ( I chases...
My lovely ex batt hen was lethergic from 2 days
And one evening I held her in my lap
And suddenly she started flapping and screaming like a young excited pullet
I hold her and huged her tightly for 10 seconds and she was gone
I cried and buried her in backyard
I still misses her amd laughs...
I too cant cull my chickens
I have a roo and a cockerel
Rooster is not aggressive and caring and cockerel ( immature )is docile
I know I have to make a decision sooner or later
But I am too weak to cull any of those
He was the only chick thats why I hand raised him after his mom left him
His mom is game bantam and father was lf RIR 😄😄😄😄😄
He is an exact copy of his father like little smaller version
I have cockerel 8mo old and his 3 ladies
And 2 pullets ( Chocklate and brownie ) ( 4 mo ) Chocolate is bigger than brownie
Today I saw Chocolate raoming with him and he is calling her and giving her treats
She got her voice change a month ago
Now she honks
She has sometime red face whereas...
9 hatched
2 eggs hasnt pipped yet
I shouldnt candled them but I candled them
They have so small embroy
When I candled other eggs on day 17
They were dark and only air cell is visible
( In unpipped eggs ) Embroy are like 1/4 of the egg
Hen still sitting and pushing them inside
Any advice would...