I just lost a hen. When I let them out this morning, she came out of the coop but hardly ate any treats and her tail feathers were at an angle not straight back. She was fine yesterday. Just curious about what could have caused her to die and making sure it can’t affect my other chickens...
My hens, RIR and BSL just started laying this week. Exciting! But now those hens forage like it's their last time. I feed them layer crumbles but they aren't eating it like they used too. Is this normal or are they lacking some vitamins? Thanks for all your help!
Got my first egg today! So excited!
After losing 4 to raccoon in August 2016, waiting several months before buying anymore, I finally have my first egg!
A few weeks ago I went out to the coop to let out my 4 babies, and found them mutilated in the coop. My question is this...how do you ever get over this and try to raise more? I think I have figured out how they got in but I have gone through wanting to chop up the coop in little pieces to...
But I only have one coop. They slept together last night, I peeked on them last night and they were all cuddled together. This morning it started all over. Could this just be pecking order?
I lost my red star last week and got another yesterday. The other three, 2 Ameracanas and one BSL are being mean to her. I know there is a time of pecking order that goes on but I feel so sorry for her because they hang together and she just sits by herself? Will this pass and if so how long...
I live in Alabama and was told don't give your chicks (5 weeks old)corn because it generates heat for the chicks to digest and will give them a heat stroke. Has anyone heard of this? I have fed them corn on the cob after we eat it and the corn frozen in muffin pans with water. I sure don't...