Hi! The majority of my flock has a mild case of bumblefoot. I have no idea from what but it's too late now so I'm trying to treat it. I'll be looking for possible explanations as to why a lot of them have it.
I have read that you can do the surgery or there is a type of med for fish you soak...
Hi, please help!
My mom hen had some eggs under her but she got off the nest already with the three chicks already hatched. There is one egg I candled and I'm pretty sure it has a chick in it ready to hatch soon. What should I do? Right now I'm keeping it warm with myself but I checked and I...
I have a chick that began hatching more than 24 hours ago and it had pipped but when I found it the mom was off the nest because she moved the rest of her babies. I had another broody hen so as soon as I found it I moved it under that hen, but the pip didn't get bigger for awhile. Now it's...
Hi guys, I haven't hatched chicks for a long time but yesterday while I was moving the eggs under my broody one got chipped. It's not a big dent but I still feel really bad about it. Is there anything I can do? Like put tape over it so it won't get dirty or anything?
Thanks for your help, Nike.
Hi guys, I found this recipe to make oatmeal treats for your chickens http://fresh-eggs-daily.blogspot.com/2012_04_01_archive.html
I'm just wondering if all the ingrediants are safe?
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup suet, olive oil or coconut oil
1/4 Cup honey
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup whole wheat flour
1/2 Cup...
Hi! So I want to hatch my silkie's egg out this coming spring and I have another boy silkie I want to be the father. But I noticed one of my other roosters mating her and I don't want him to be the dad. If I seperate my silkies how long will it take for them to mate with the eggs of hers to be...
Hey I have a turken and you know how they have little tufts of feathers on their necks? Well I have this one hen that has been plucking them off. Is there any way to break that behavior? They are almost 13 weeks old as of tomorrow. Will it go away while the turken gets older? Both birds are nice...
My chicks free range and they love to hang out by these trees in our yard so I decided to take some pics! I think they turned out great! They aren't really wild chickens, but it's fun to pretend!
here's my turken, whom my username is after.
Ole one of the many roosters.
Francie<3...
Hey! This is my partridge cochin, Darcy. I always assumed he was a he because he was the extra chick they sent and he feathered in very slow. But now at 12 weeks old he has no comb/wattle development while all my other roosters already have HUGE wattles/combs. So I'm wondering if I have a slow...
I'm so proud of my hens!!!! Today I decided to guess how many eggs my chickens would lay and I have nine hens. So this morning I made a guess that'd I get four eggs. Well I just collected them and each and evrey hen laid an egg today!!!! I'm so proud of them!!! The last time I've had them all...
Hi so I noticed yesterday that my little pullet who is 9 weeks old leg was funny. Now she's kinda tipsy when she walks. I brought her inside so I could see where the problem is and I'm wondering if she got an injury. It looks like it is the uppper part of her leg rather than the bottom and toes...
My hen has been acting strange for a week now. Ever since the big heat wave, I thought maybe she was suffering from the heat so I brought her inside overnight but it didn't seem to help. Right now she'll walk around and do things but has droopy wings kind of and it seems like when she's standing...