I had 4 banties that lived out the first group of 30 I got from 2008. One of the aracauana hens hatched 4 babies in april 2009 because I forgot to collect the eggs soon enough. The babies hatched and 3 lived. Shortly after they were born, we noticed that the hen, the 3 babies, and our japanese...
Hello- This is the 2nd time I got chicks from a hatchery; the first grouip all lived--- I just got 25 from a hatchery; they are on my front porch, nice and warm, no drafts, the right food, fresh water........ after 2 days, a little black silkie started to look sleepy and stopped moving around...
I have had babies b4, and the same thing happened one time- a silkie is just laying down look sleepy, not running moving aound...........anything I can do? just arrived monday. I have it comfortable and am trying to keep my eyes on it. But when this happened before, the baby died..........hate this
I have not been collecting my eggs, and surpise in my coop were 4 babies.....(must have hatched that day)....they were with the mom so I let them be.after 2 days, I went in and noticed that 2 were huddled alone and shivering, but the other 2 were tucked up under the moms wings, so I brought the...
My silkie hen has been sitting on 5 eggs for 18 days. When I went to close the coop door last night, I went in an noticed she was not on her eggs, but hanging out with my frizzle, in the corner. I went over to her nest, and the eggs were gone!!!!!!!! I put my hands through the straw, and low and...
My father in law fenced the immediate area around the coop with chicken fence, and that was fine however, my english pointer after pawing at one side of it completely ripped it down over the course of a few months( I had no idea until I heard the shrieks of terror when he finally got through)...
I have a black silkie that has been laying on a few eggs since2sundays ago..........
She has decided to make a nest below the boxes, and is always sitting on them, she is getting up to eat and drink. It has been now 14 days..............
I have had my bantams for about 1 year now, never had...
I need help....................I have been taking my eggs and just hardboiling for my dogs. I have had the chickens for about 1 year now, and I think they have been laying since the fall. Now I want to try and hatch some babies, but I know nothing about it? I have 24 total, so do I just wait...
I have 24 bantams, about 10 roosters, the rest hens. I noticed that one of the hens is completely bald!!!!!!!! I picked her up and checked up close, no blood/scabs, just a bald dry head!!!!! This is the only one................what could it be? a rooster pulling them out or is she going...
I have 10 roosters, and 15 hens. A few weeks ago, one of my Japanese bantams had a bloody neck and comb when I closed the coop, that next morning she was dead. (rooster). This morning when I went to open the coop, another Japanese Bantam has a bloody neck!!! I could not get him, so I will have...
I have 27 bamtams, (16 chickens, 11 roosters) and friday night I noticed that one of the roosters bad a bloody neck, and along th:one side of his comb looked scabby and ripped. I picked him up and he seemed fine, well the next day, I went out to the coop and HE was DEAD! What the heck happened...