OK, so I had a Brahma hen sit on eggs. It was her first time going broody. Today was hatch day. 3 days ago I found a dead chick out and the egg smashed, I figured she stepped on it and broke it. Then chicks started pipping last night and I think they were shrink wrapping!! She's apparently...
I JUST saw that my water well cover is GONE! I can't find it anywhere and I have chicks pipping!! What do I do? I do not want any to drown!! Any ideas??
I have a frizzle pullet, she's near POL. I just found her slumped over, unable to lift her head. She's "talking" and can pull her head to the side a little.- She's in the coop with a bantam D'uccle roo and other bantams. My little roo is now limping terribly too. The two tend to fight, is she...
ok, so this is my first hatch. I had a chick pip externally yesterday about 12 hours into day 18! The chickie pipped over 24 hours now with little progress. The shell is slightly more pipped, but no zipping or really even moving a lot. There is beak movement and the egg slightly rocks from time...
I have a hen in her 2nd or 3rd laying season. She was given to me last fall ( almost 10 months ago). She's a little red oliver egger. She lays ALMOST EVERYDAY without fail. She rattels ... a LOT... sometimes she'll do it for a week or more. I isolate her and the rales go away... or the don't...
OK, so I posted a few weeks ago about this one hen... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/862611/need-help-asap-egg-bound#post_13128447
I now think I know the problem. My roo is attacking her, he runs her off and attacks her when she tries to eat or rejoin the flock. She runs out of the coop...
I have a Easter Egger hen. She's a little over a year old. For SEVERAL weeks she's been laying thin or soft shell eggs. I noticed her laying quietly yesterday, under a bush. That is not characteristic for her because she's my most active hen. This morning, she did not come out of the coop and...
This morning I opened the coop for my flock to free range and my 1 year old EE roo chased down and mated my 14week old pullet. He has never even paid attention to her or my other 14 w pullet. They have been in the flock now for several weeks. She was screaming, running, flying all trying to...