So one of my chickens has had this and died I can't remember what it is called and the treatment, I need to get the medicine today or tommorow, we got him and his "wife" as a pair, so it would even more sad that they would be split up. Also the one that died was a baby, he seems to be moving...
So I am not sure about this. So I have an australorp who is GIANT! She is one of my chickens that didn't get as much attention as the others she is more shy. So its like 5 am and the baby chicks were really cold. So I put them in one of the nesting boxes, and thought that one of my hens could...
So, you live on a farm, so show off your farm animals! Chickens, goats, horses, cows, ducks, geese, sheep, and way more! Here are some of mine!
All your farm animals deserve to win a contest so, I decided not to make a contest but a show off so everyone wins!
Heres what happened to all of my chickens so far. So my first chickens, were raised inside, so nothing happened to them. Then a couple months later one ran away while i was out of town. Then our second set of 6 chickens was raised outside. One got lost. So my third set of 6 chickens, actually...
So there are three free hens on craigslist and I think I want them but I am not sure. We don't know if they are going to give our chickens diseases. They are our pets and we love them. But we are looking to expand our flock ( we have 20 right now) 6 are babies we got yesterday (also from...
Ok so I think most of these things slipped my mind.
1. How old are hens when they lay eggs, or are adults.
2. What types of breeds are the most broody (besides silkies)
3. Are ameracuanas reallly broody
4. how do i make my hens go broody, ( I have a Black Star, 3 white leghorns, 3 golden...
I need to find some antibiotic eye drops for my roosters eye he was just standing in his cage so i brought him in the front yard and i was wondering if antibiotifc eye drops for chickens or can be used for chickens is a real thing and where i can get them if they do exsist. His eye he won't open...
A squirrel got in the coop and they have lots of bumps and scratches from their mites and other bugs. One of my chickens has it really bad, something bit her on her eyelid and now its swollen almost shut. They are black on top and are mostly on the middle aged flock which is about 6-7 months...
We decided to call Black Sex Links, Blackberries. Their feathers are black and bluish, Red sex links are called Cinnamon Queens, Red Stars, and Golden Buffs, so Blackberries are what we call them now. What does everyone else think?
I don't have a picture and I have no clue about snakes! We are located in florida if that helps
the snake was black was white belly and some brown not perfect trianglish figures on the snakes back It was about 4 feet long or 3 1/2 feet it was sitting in the corner I sprayed it with water and it...
We decided to call Black Sex Links, Blackberries. Their feathers are black and bluish, Red sex links are called Cinnamon Queens, Red Stars, and Golden Buffs, so Blackberries are what we call them now. What does everyone else think?
My little chickens are like their own flock, but I have older chickens 3 1/2 to 6 1/2 months old. The little ones are about 2 months. They were pecking at the little ones last night and I don't think they knew what was going on. I wasn't sure if its pecking order or they just hate them.
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I want my hen to be broody and I am pretty sure she will. I am going to leave eggs there so she will hatch them but will her eggs survive until she thinks we have enough?
My hen laid an egg and was a little broody but she left. Later today I read naturally they wait until they have enough eggs to sit on them so they hatch at the same time. As an estimate how many eggs will she need to stay on them?
This is the hen,
My chicken blackberry has been laying eggs for almost 2 weeks. I put her in a nest so she can lay her egg she waits for me, she usually lays at 10:00 am. She stopped laying yesterday and today. It has been raining alot the past couple days and its a little colder. I read that a change in weather...
My chicken (Daisy) ran away this morning, I am not with the chickens at my house, but someone else is watching them. I usually take care of them so I think she might have ran away because I am not there. The yard is fenced in and they can fly over the fence but they usually don't she is pretty...