Can someone tell me how to get a roast to stop attacking me and anyone else that comes around him. I only have one an 8 hens. I put him by himself yesterday. I would like to keep him but can't trust him. I always have to keep an eye on him. He is a maran cuckoo. I keep him because of the...
If you have a hen that just started laying after raising little ones only lays for two weeks an then goes broody again, Is this normal??? Her sisters have not gone broody at all. I put eggs under her an will wait an see what happens. If a person was wanting eggs this hen would not be one of...
I have a hen that went broody an she set on the eggs until about 18 days an then a dog got into the nest when she took a break an eat the eggs. I put chicks under her an she took them. How long will it be before she starts to lay again? How old will the chicks have to be? She is a mother to them...
I have a maran that has been laying for about two months an. Scene she has started the eggs have had a spot of blood in them Now I know this won't hurt anything but I just want to know if their is anything I can do to stop this? The other hens (8) don't have this problem. The shell is very rough...
I have a cukoo maran that lays a very dark egg but it looks like it has frost on it is their something wrong with the eggs? I have not eaten any because of this. I have put them in the trash. the inside looks OK but the frosted dark color out side kind of turns my taste. The shell is real rough...
how to stop a egg eater? I have looked in the forms but found nothing on how too. What has people done to stop this bad habit? Are their some kind of tricks you do? I think I have a egg eater.
Has anyone ever had a hen lay her first egg (very small) then one regular small egg an has not layed any for 3 days? The other chickens do not miss like this after they first start laying. Just wanted to know if this has happened to any one else?
I know this has been addressed over an over but how do you get a hen to lay in the nest box? this is only her 2nd egg first off of the roost then today right in the middle of the chicken coop. I had another one that started laying off of the roost but only once never again went into the nest...
I have hens that are 25 1/2 weeks old an they still are not laying? They look like they should be but no eggs. Is this normal to go this long. I have a few leghorns that have been laying for a while an they are the same age. I can't wait till I see the real dark eggs in the hen house.
chickens just started to lay (well one anyway) trouble is she won't lay in a nest. I have the nest boxes on the side of the building the kind that you can get to from the outside. lays in corner an from the roost to the floor. I put golf balls in the nests but no go. How do you get them to lay...
I live in charleston wv an a friend of mine has utility kings. He is 82 two years young an wants to get ride of them. He has around 100. Does anyone know or if you want them please let me know. He said the name on them is 1919 utility kings...
I know this my sound funny but I think my chickens eat during the night. I check everything at dark and I am in the coop at daylight an the food is almost gone? They are 8weeks old. I hatched 15 an that is all that is in the coop.(new coop no mice or rats) At dark their on roost and when I go...
Is their a chart or something to tell you when to start the regular type of feed. I found it once an never have again. I think after 8 weeks you can start useing something other then starter feed?????????????
I have a check that has its toes or claws on both feet bent. They are 3 1/2 weeks old. I just noticed this. How do I straighten them out? I picked it up looked an moved them out straight an it did not seem to mind so what to do? IT dose not seem to slow this ball of energy down any. You know it...
I have 3 chicks that hatched on the 2oth day an they are playing football with the other eggs. I still have 13 eggs in the bator an was wanting to know if it will hurt the other eggs? One is pretty dry an the other 2 are still damp. I know that I have to wait till they dry all the way before I...
When the chicks start to hatch how long do you let them move around in the bator? I have one that has played football with the other not hatched eggs? It looks like it is not dry . Sure is full of it self. Makes a lot of noise an I know it can hear the other peeps..
How long before they start to come out of the shell after they roll all over the place?
I see no kind of wholes or anything but I hear peeps? Humidity running in the 60's is that to much?