Oct 18th my Turkey was injured in its own cage.. got his leg caught and ripped a large hole in his upper thigh area. The vet had no time and I had no time to waste, so I stitched it.. he's doing quite well as far as I can tell.. its scabbed over and hes calling to get out of his "sick" cage to...
I have a Rooster that was taken "off duty" by a younger rooster and has a hurt leg. We have been keeping him in a small cage overnight and seperate from the free ranging crew during the day in the large cage. He has a few hens that stay (by choice) with him. It works great except that we are...
I came across a chicken that had been kept in a small box cage with no perch, no constant food/water and no way to scratch. This bird is beautiful! It took me along time to convince the owner to let me have the bird. The talons were so caked with it's own droppings that it was like cement on...
One of our precious (Broody) hens was killed last night. Will another Broody that's sitting on new eggs take the ones ready to hatch?
One more question.. When I "found" the (second Broody's) newer nest this morning after last nights horrible drama, She wasn't on the nest so I took 10 of the 16...
Something got her last night. The eggs have been sitting unattended all night. (warm amd very moist here in Florida) None of the other hens are taking over.... Can I save the eggs?
my chick started pipping 10 hours ago.
i have helped it along a bit but havent messed with it too much.
it has stopped trying to get out about 5 hours ago. it is still breathing but im worried.And the membrane has started to dry out around the pipping site.
is it to a point now that i can get it...
I have Hens that have been on about 40 eggs for what seems like forever. (20-25 days) This is our first time with chickens and our first round of eggs. We want to let nature take its course, but I do have a few questions. Im sure the answers are here somewhere, but our first chick was just...
I have read as much here as I could about the injuries to members chickens. I do not have a lot of money and some of these medicines are too hard to even pronounce. I am learning about my chickens as my husband brought them home unbenounced to me. I caught a racoon in my pen last night. It has...