Hello,
We just got this baby yesterday and noticed her eye doesn't seem right. I read that chickens can get pink eye, but it doesn't seem to be oozing or crusty so it makes me think it may be scratched. What do you think? I put a pic of both eyes on here.
This was a picture I found online thisbsi what her eggs have looked like before she stopped laying. I just assumed she stopped laying because she's molting :(
This might seem a iittle long I apologize but she has a couple things going on...
First she is an 18 m/o Barred Rock she is molting so we changed her food to the feather builder because she was laying rubbery eggs some just falling on the poop deck...over the last week or so I've seen her going...
My hen went Broody we opted to get her incubated eggs and she hatched them. Now it was about 7 weeks she was Broody until the eggs hatched. We took the babies away 13 days ago (we couldn't keep them just wanted to break her broodiness) I guess the question is when will she may again? She looks...
Ok thanks this is good! So technically the friend that is starting her flock could take all 6 and she should be ok? I'm sorry I'm new to this! She's being a great mama but we only had her hatch chicks so she would get out of the box!!!
We are thinking about letting her keep two to raise for the 6-10 week period then letting then go with the rest. Do you think that will be enough to break her broodiness? We aren't keeping any of the new chicks.
That's what I'm afraid of ... do you think it would be ok to take 4 and leave her with 2 to raise or do they know how many they have? I can always give them to their home in 4 - 6 weeks...
Hello we just hatched 6 beautiful healthy babies under our Easter Egger that went broody on us. It has been a couple days she's moved the babies and come off the nest however we only had her hatch the eggs to "break" her of her broodiness. We tried the separate cage and just made the choice to...