I am not sure what is going with a couple of my babies but I have been looking at different photos of poop from normal to not normal. There is one that looks like what I have been finding on the poop board for a few days. The caption of the picture is " this chicken is suffering from...
I have 9 chickens and am wondering if there is a liquid wormer that I can just put down there throat instead of in the water. Most of the ones I have looked at mix in a gallon of water. That's fine but if I give them fresh water every day the medication will be wasted because they don't drink...
This is the third day of this in the coop. My chickens free range all day but I am concerned about this. I started them on probiotics yesterday thinking they had eaten something that they shouldn't. It not all of them that have this going on but I am worried it might be something I need to...
Hi peeps...this is the second day in a row that I have found a broken egg and a soft shell egg on the poop board when I go to clean in the morning. I am positive they are from my two young pullets that should be laying. I am going to start giving them extra calcium so that hopefully will take...
I found one of my hens under a bunch of branches in the grove and upon looking her over this is what I found. I have cleaned it but as you can see her skin is torn back. No maggots or smell and she is eating and drinking well, I gave her electrolytes and scrambled eggs. She is in my basement...
One of my hens has a very sore looking back. The feathers are gone, you can see her skin and it is really red. I assume it's from the rooster getting on her so much. Is there anything you can recommend to put on it? It looks really sore..Thanks
My 17 week old chickens keep sneaking some of my older chickens layer feed. I don't know how much they have eaten but I have caught them several times. They free range all day with the older birds so I don't think they are getting a lot of their food. They have not started to lay yet and I...
Hi Peeps, I have a question about the meds etc. that chicken keeper have on hand in case of an emergency or illness. I do have a first aid kit for my babies but there are some medications that I wonder should be refrigerated or are just fine sitting out. I do have some things that I have out...
Hi Peeps, need some advice n two of my hens that have stopped laying. They are about two years old and both hatched chicks and co-parented in April. Long story short they left the young ones at about 6 weeks and started laying again. About two weeks ago they both started to go broody again...
My newest chicks are about 5 weeks old and the mom has pretty much pulled away from them. My question is when it's time to go to bed the rooster and three hens go in the coop first then the babies go in which is good but they still sleep where they did with their mom. There is plenty of room...
Four weeks ago one of my hens hatched 5 babies and as it turned out another hen helped her co-parent. They went everywhere together. About a week ago one of the hens distanced herself from them and went back to being with the rooster. Today the mother hen did that too and pecks at them when...
I have 5 babies that are three weeks old and have been hatched and raised by two hens that were broody at the same time. Very cute. Currently I have a portion of the coop blocked of so they are not around my rooster and other hen at night. During the day they all free range together under my...
My hen hatched 5 babies last week while we were on vacation. My sister was house sitting so she took care of making sure things were as they should be. One thing she noticed was after the babies were born there was not a shell to be found. I can't imagine what happened to them. Any ideas...
Hi Peeps, Two of my hens are sitting on eggs and have been for about two weeks. They never seem to get off the nests to eat and drink, Should I make them get off for a while? If so how long can they be off for the eggs to be safe...This is my first time and I am a nervous Mom..Thanks
Hi Peeps, Hope you don't mind but I have several things that are bugging me about one of my hens. For about three weeks now she has been very agitated. I thought she was getting close to being broody. Then she was back to normal for a day or so then right back to being bitchy. Last week she...
Hi Peeps, One of my hens is acting really funny. I don't think she is sick but the other day they were pecking around my feet and one of them "puffed up" even the feathers on her head were standing up. She started walking and was doing a really low cluck, cluck, cluck. Then she stopped. It...
Hi Peeps, I want to increase the size of my flock and am wondering the best way to do it. I currently have Light Sussex, a rooster and three hens. My husband and I would love to have some Barred Rocks and Silver Laced Wyandottes. With already having a rooster should I just get hens or get...
My rooster from time to time likes to attack my lower leg and boots. He is a good rooster for the hens, very protective and I am wondering if that's the reason he is acting like this. Today it is very wet out. It has been raining all day so when the rain let up I let them out to free range...
Have a question..is it possible for a hen to go broody then in a couple days not be broody? I have a hen that sat on one egg for two days then today she is her old self. She had all the signs, would not get off the nest, had a fit when I tried to move her and even stayed on the nest over...
I need some advice on adding chicks to my current one year old Light Sussex rooster and three light Sussex hens. I would like to get some Rhode Island Reds. My question is should I get three hens or a rooster and three hens. Also what is the best process to introduce them to my current...