I have 2 hens who have been sitting on eggs since May 30, June 2 I also started some eggs in an incubator. The hens should have eggs hatching now but they aren’t yet. When my incubated eggs hatch can the chicks go out with the broody hens to break their brooding? Or should I just raise them in a...
Today I got home from work to find my rooster's beak damaged.he is 1 1/2 yrs old free range. It's the upper beak. He tried picking up scratch grains to no avail. Any ideas on how I can help him. He is a very good rooster our other roo is way to submissive to protect my free range hens.
I'm hoping someone can help, we've had our first winter with our flock about a month ago we had one hen die. Didn't think much about it she was a small 9month old hamburg who would refuse to come off the roost when it was cold. Which was basically for the past 4 months as we've had -10 degrees...
I'm new to raising chickens and this past week I've been noticing more and more abnoxious behavior from my speckled sussex rooster. I have read that they are slower to mature, he is 8 months now. Before he was very sweet, now he is going after all the hens, and is not being very greacefull about...