Can someone please help me??? I went to the coop to check on my broody hen and found one of the brand new chicks had gotten away from her and is now all bloody on the back of her neck. I took her into the house to get warm, but how do I help her???
I noticed that my Rouen duckling has an injured leg. I just got her on Saturday, but didn't notice until yesterday. She has not grown at the same rate as the others, but she does seem to be able to get to food and heat. Is there anything I can do to help her?
We have 15 chickens of various breeds that have not laid an egg in over 2 weeks. I cannot figure out the problem. We had very cold temps in the last month of -20 to -30 with the windchill, and they were laying around 8 eggs a day all through that. Now-nothing? Any ideas as to why all of them...
I am looking for white chanticler hatching eggs, chicks or a rooster so I can add to the pair of chanticlers I have in my flock. Please let me know what price you asking for.
We bought 12 chicks on April 1st and 6 of them ended up being roosters. I would like to keep one of them for our flock of 6 Red stars, 3 Plymouth Rocks and 2 White Chanticleers. They seem to be ganging up on the chickens and almost as a pack. Is it too early to cull them, or should I wait until...
We have kept our 12 hens/roosters in a run since they were about 2mo old. They are now 4mo old and I was wondering if they would be better off running around outside for a few hours a day. We do live on a farm, and I am worried about the barn cats, the traffic, even our dog. I thought about...
hello- I am new to chickens and I have a few questions. How do I tell if I have roosters or hens? They are about 3 1/2mo old. They all look pretty much the same, but I know one for sure is rooster because I heard one of the crowing. Also- I do not want to breed them, so do I need to remove the...