Six of my chickens dropped dead last night. Literally just fell off the perch. Different ages, breeds even, one was the highest ranking rooster and one was a baby about a month old. I took them all to the vet for lab tests and autopsy. He could not find anything , no sign of disease, he said...
I have two hens who have had two clutches of chicks about 2 weeks apart. The first clutch all the chicks (5) were fine for about 3 weeks, then the second clutch hatched and one of new chicks died on the second night, I then scrutinized all the chicks and noticed that two chicks, one from the...
Hi got 12 lovely little chicks they are now only 6 weeks old and the mum has left them already, it seems a bit soon they are still so small ? What age do mums usually leave their chicks?
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My goose has laid about 7 eggs over the past month, a few times during the last week I thought she had started sitting on the as she would go to sit on them at night so I locked her up with them for the night as its not safe to leave her out in the open (she has laid them in a converted dogs...
I have a bantam sitting on 5 of her own eggs and two duck eggs (i started the duck eggs under another chicken and moved them to this one timing it so they are due to hatch at the same time) (I have candled them and they are fertile!)
My question is can I just leave the hen to look after the...
Can anyone tell me how long a chicken can leave her eggs for before they die. After sitting for about a week My bantam left her nest for about an hour, she has done this a couple of times before going back to sit on the eggs, which are due to hatch in about a week. But I'm not sure if they are...