I need some experienced advice. I have 2 brown hens, one with a crossed beak, Chleo, and one not, Harley. Harley has always "picked on " Chleo is bit, but now, each morning when we let them out into their run, I find Chleo distressed, and often bloody around her beak or feet. This morning her...
I live on the coast in sc and it has been hot, the upper 90's snd low 100's.my girls have access to the yard and their house. On Monday, I found 4 of my hens piled on each other in their egg box dead. We were worried about the four hens I have at school and so I brought them to my home coop...
Hi. I am a teacher at a small Montessori school in sc. We have had chickens at our school for about 5 years or so...i finally talked my other half into letting me keep a few girls at home...the whole family fell in love with them. We have 5 aurucanas and we each named one. My children cuddle...
What is better for a perch? Bamboo or 2x2 or dowel rods? My girls are young and we are just getting their coop ready...what is best for their feet?
Thanks for any info...you guys have been great on this forum!!
We ordered 15 easter eggers in June...5 are now living with a friend at her farm, 5 are living at my school where I teach, and for the first time ever, 5 came home with me! The chicks were suposed to all girls...the other morning...my son's "girl" sang a lovely rendition of...
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My little Araucana, Cleo, has a crooked beak. I have 5 girls altogether and they're about 4 weeks old. I do feed Cleo with a deep dish and she seems to get water. I've read about trimming or filing beaks beaks. I need to do something because her top beak is starting to "hook" over...