Clyde EE, my head Rooster and his 5 girls (Austrolorp, RIR, Leghorn, Rock, and Delaware) gave me 37 chicks this year. Huge variety of colors etc... Got one rooster with no tail feathers and he literally torments all the others EXCEPT Clyde and his girls. But the stress on my free ranging flock...
CHICK WAS HATCHED FROM A MOTHER WHO HAD FOWL POX!
Okay, so I noticed my RIR with the dry warts, looked here for answers, and self diagnosed what it was. I DO NOT give my chickens meds of any kind ever...I let nature take its course. They can survive without human interference so...
She had it on...
I take eggs from the coop and put them in the incubator every day. Some are dying withing the last few days of growth and others are pipping and never coming out. I realize that I am doing it wrong since all the humidity is supposed to be adjusted per age of the egg but last year, it really...
So, I have a mixed breed of Easter Eggers, Golden Sex Link, and a few others. I hatched in my incubator this year, but it has taken them until now to grow up to BARELY a size able to be considered eatable. What am I doing wrong? I need eggs and meat, eggs i got coming, meat seems to be taking...
Anyone know where i can find a full list of the nutrients in my chicken meat? I have looked everywhere.
ORGANIC, FREE RANGE, HATCHED AND RAISED AT HOME.
My chicks hatched in May and I just humanely processed them myself....being on a diet I need each nutrient from each food i eat to be able to...
New incubator chick, placed with Broody hen (& 3 others chicks) 24 hours after birth. This afternoon I find one with its beak broken, interior top of mouth is swollen a lot, and skull skin is ripped clumped together and dried. Please refer to the pic and tell me what to do?!?!???!?! Put it...