Oh I should also add that now that they're a bit active and chirping I've syring fed them a bit of egg yolk as I've heard that can help. But I'm not sure how much to give them or if it would even actually help.
Hello all! I have a broody hen, she is a rhoad island red and has been incubating some eggs for a while now.
I was out of town when she became broody so I honestly don't know whose eggs she is sitting on but I know they're a mix of everyone's as some are white eggs and some are brown eggs...
Hello everyone! I have two geese, one goose and one gander. My goose is a white chinese and she was hatched April 11, 2023 so that would make her just barly over 24 weeks old.
I also have a variety of chickens that are the same age as her. Rhoad island reds, white and blue breasted leg horns...
Yeah that is was I am a bit worried about; him becoming more aggressive as time goes on.
He also seems to have a very strong dislike to a pair of red basketball shorts. As stated earlier he is fine around me, just a bit weary but this morning I came out in red basketball shorts to feed the...
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I'm 90% sure I have 1 roo and 1 pullet. I got them the same day at the same tractor supply store. They are about 8 weeks old give or take. I was told they are blue breasted leghorns.
One of them has a comb and waddle that is very small and still orange in color (Louise) and...
Hey y'all! So I have a rooster. I didn't raise him from a baby but he was given to me and I was told he was about eight to nine months old at the time. So he is estimated to be about nine to tenish months old now.
I was worried he was going to be aggressive but he was actually more curious and...
I feel like that was definitely what she was saying. I was finally able to let them out around 1530 and she stalked off to the other end of the yard and wouldn't come near me. Even When I pulled out the blueberries (their favorites) she wouldn't come and get some with the others. She definitely...
Yeah I'm crossing my fingers that at least one is a female, however, if they're both Drakes them they will just be ornamental adding additional sounds and color to the backyard flock.
I feel this post in my soul!
I've always wanted my own chickens and birds but my father was adamant on not having them as he grew up with them and had bad experiences with some of his.
However, he and I were talking with our neighbor and my dad so casually mentioned "you know, I have always...
I have two little tiny ducklings right now! I got them from tractor supply and they were just under a week old when I got them. I've been trying to get them to bond with me but my goodness they just don't like me and are extremely scared of me. Anytime I come by them they talk really loudly and...
I am new to raising chickens myself and I live in AZ in the tri-state area! I found this thread and have been loving the pictures of the baby chicks! This may be a silly questions, what is an NN chick? I'm 90% sure it means Naked Neck from reading the posts but would hate to assume that and be...
My birds usually free range all day long. They have their coop that they go into at night to roost but I open their chick door for them about 0500 every morning for them to free range the yard/grass area.
However, I have workers coming to the property to install some chainlink fencing so I've...
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I was just wondering what is your preferred method for feeding grit to your flocks? Do you guys set it aside in a separate container for them to pick what they need? If you do this method, what containers have you found works the best so they don't scratch it out? Do you mix it...