Help please! Does anyone have any idea what my girl just passed? It looks like a bloody mass with intestine in it. All my girls seem to be acting normal and Im not sure wich one did it. Its really quite gross looking.
I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on my poor hen. She was hit by a van last night. It was going pretty slow so thankfully it didnt hurt her too bad but she will not put any weight on her one foot. Its not swollen at all. Her one toe looks kinda crooked but not much and her...
Hello all,
Today we just found out that one of our "girls" is a boy. (Oops) We are quite new at raising chickens which is now pretty obvious and I was just wondering if its ok to have only one rooster for our now 7 girls? We were hoping to add another 6 hens to our flock also but a...
Yesterday I noticed on of my girls was limping. We looked at her leg and foot and didnt notice anything such as swelling or an open scratch or sore. Today she is still limping no better or no worse and still no sign of anything else. She is getting around fine and hanging out with all the rest...
Good morning all, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to keep my girls from eating my flower beds down to nothing. One person told me battery powered electric fencing but I dont think I could do that to them. I also have 2 little children that I dont want to shock. Any other...
Hello and good morning all, I was wondering about introducing our girls to being outside.
They are about 5 weeks old now and we have some pretty decent weather. Can I let them outside for a while? Is this too early? This is our first time raising chickens and just not sure
Hello all, Just a quick question here. We are new to having chickens in our family and we built them a beautiful new coop. I read some places that the coop should be air tight other than ventilation by a window and other places I read not to have it air tight. With the coop complete we...