I have a few hens that there chest is swollen and is kinda soft. Is this somthing wrong or is this somthing that happens when the weather gets colder?
Thanks
So I am not sure if this is the right place but I will ask it anyways. I have 2young roosters that have taken a likin' to a few of my hens. Well I want to know how soon can a rooster start fertilizing eggs? Also how many eggs will be fertilized at once? I am new to this so the more info the...
I just took care of my first predator today. It took me a week to catch it but I got it. I seen where he was digging in my run and started to chew holes into the coop. Well here he is.
Just thought yall may like to see this feeder I made today for my girls. It is easy to make and holds a lot of feed. Here are a few pics of me making it.
I had one of my pullets brake her leg yesterday. It was realy bad. I tryed to splent it but could not get anything to work. The skin was broke and bone was poking out. She was doing good when I found her. Yall may think I am crazy but I did some work on her and she is doing good today. I had to...
I am going to move my 16 chicks to the coop today. If they do well today I will leave them over night and let them be. I am going to add a heat lamp for them but they maynot need it. I have not used it in the brooder with them the last few days so we will see how they act out side. Is there...
I have a 3 week old chick with a broke wing. She is eating just fine and drinking fine aswell. She does not act like she is in pain but when she fell off her roost on her back she could not get back uo on her feet. Is this somthing I should worry about or just see what happens?
I just want to know if it is good to have a roster. I will have 18 hens and I think I should have a roster with them. My wife said no but I say yes. What do yall think?
I want to make these chick like having me and my kids around. How much time aday do you think I should spend playing and just holding them? So far my 2.5 week olds are doing well with us all but the ones that are just at a week or so are still not wating us around. So how much time sould I spend...
I have 6 chicks that are about 2 weeks old and I just ran out of feed. Will they be ok if I cant get feed untill tomarrow ? Or is there somthing I can give them to hold them over untill I can get feed in the morning? Thanks
I am going to turn my 6x12 shed into a coop. I want to keep some of it as storge and some for my hens. I was thinking about making it 4x6 with a door out to a 4x12 run out side. Is this going to be to big or just right for me to add more hens later?