Please help if you can, We have never had a hatched chick have problems before, not sure what to do, This chick is just continuing to thrash on its back.... It can get its feet under it & just rolls & rolls, my temps & humidity have been fine, all other hatched eggs are fine although I seem to...
We recently moved our layers to our barn. We enclosed the stall, thinking more of making it 4 legged & flying predator proof. There are a few gaps yet I was not concerned with snakes, mainly believing they are a good balance & would keep the rodent population down..... In the last week, we are...
We just went out to lock up all the chickens in the coop & noticed our rooster, Guardian, is missing! I'm so devastated! We have not lost a single chicken since we have had him. Our chickens free range during the day, staying close to the open areas of our yard. We have 2 large dogs, one is tied...
Hi, First off, I love this forum and receive so many answers by just reading along. Currently I am trying to determine which of my chicks could be Roo's. Our Rooster is Americauna & he bred with 2 of our hens, a Barred Rock & a Bluff Orpington. We have 9 chicks. 7 are from the BR 2 are from the...
Hi, my name is Kate. We started raising chickens as a homeschool project last fall. We started with 4 bluffs. We added a barred rock, it wasn't long before they were all laying everyday. We did lose one chicken in November, we think a neighbors dog got to her. Overall our winter was still very...