I came home a little earlier today to see that one of my hens had been pecked on the back of her neck, my guess is by one of the roosters. They have been doing this a lot, but never hard enough to break skin. Which I try to discourage when I catch them. I flushed the wound with water then...
I went to go let my chickens out this morning, they are free range, I heard about 5 or 6 crows all making quite a lot of noise. At closer inspection it looked like they were attacking two or three fairly large birds of prey. I originally thought it was hawks. But as the larger birds settled into...
~♪~♫~♪~Where oh where have my little chickies gone? Oh where oh where can they be? With feathers cut short and some cut long. Oh where oh where are they? Are they hiding just for fun or have they lost their way? Now the search has just begun, I hope I find them today! ~♪~♫~♪~
So, I don't...
I have a total of 12 chicks. 6 are straight run columbian rocks, and 3 are "pullets" and three are "red pullets" (TSC didn't give me more info on their breed than that...) Well, the last about 48 hours, two of the columbian rocks who have slightly longer combs (i think? The one on their beak)...
Brought my three and a half week (although I'm convinced they are a little older...) Columbian Rocks for their first "field trip" into the outside world today. It was warm enough for them to be outside for about 45 minutes before having six chicks and my 12month old toddler outside got a little...
I just got a 6 new baby chick aprox. 2 wks old. Other than TSC labeling them "pullets & red pullets" I have no idea what bread they are. I got them maybe 4 hrs ago. They are in their brooder, with everything set up. There is room to get away from the light if needed. But one of the "normal"...
Hi y'all. I am 19 and live on the border or Western and Central MA. I am a first time chicken "mom" I bought six straight run Columbian Rock chickens from Tractor Supply last Saturday (24/3/2012). They are aprox. 3 weeks old now. I heard about this site through one of the other customers at TS...
Okay, so I got 6 baby chicks from Tractor Supply last Saturday. I noticed a day or two ago that one of the smaller chicks has poo stuck on his/her bum. (they are straight run, so I don't know if it is a hen or rooster yet) This morning I tried to place it's bum in a small bowl of water, but it...