Does anyone think that me processing a bird in the vicinity of my coop and run where the other chickens are watching creates any stress for the other chickens? Asking this sounds kind of silly but I swear the others are watching me. :)
Secondly, how does one go about fattening up a chicken? My...
I thought I had a vent prolapse in an 8 week old bird, Now I'm thinking vent gleet. I'm on day two and the bird is not doing well. I need some help with treatment options.
This link seems right http://www.birdhealth.com.au/flockbirds/poultry/diseases/vent_gleet.html except that I cannot make...
First, I'm new to chicken keeping. We have 25 mix of large breeds at 8 weeks old. This morning one bird did not come out of the coop when I opened the door. This is unusual, generally all 25 birds run out to see what ever the new day my bring. When I opened the coop to check food and water and...
My wife and I have decided make some changes in how we live a major change is raising a few chickens for eggs and meat. Ordered 25 straight run heavies from Cackles Hatchery. We are a week into our new adventure and while it is a lot of work we are enjoying this new adventure. We are putting the...
I'm new to this world and recieved my first order of 25 straight run heavys a week ago. I am setting a out 2 litres of water a day with some loss in cleaning out the waterer about 3 times a day. I am amazed by that level of water consumption by such tiny birds. It really makes me think hard...