ok this all started when i came into the coop one day and one of my hens had a big bloody spot on her neck so i got a cage and put her in the cage while she could heal but when i let her out my rooster would chase her in till she would get real close to the ground to mate he would mate her...
at night for the last couple of night one of my sex link hens will fall of the roost and hit the ground with a thud is this just a clumsy chicken or is it something she ate making her sick i have caught her before but i don't know what she would have ate in the pen please help
one of our neighbor started a fire and he went back inside and by the time i noticed it it was at our fence line i think that my rooster red new that it was coming first because he was over at the fence crowing and all the hens were in the far corner huddled together he is a brave man but...
I live 1/8th of a mile away from my chicken coop it is about the size of a medium sized shed and I was wondering if any body has tried mounting a security camera in their coop so you can check on them during the day. I am wanting to get a good deal but I don't want nothing cheep if you know what...
i want to make an outside perch for my hens something that has shelter and a place to perch on but i thought i would see if any body had any suggestions?
some of my chickens have black on their combs i dont know if it is frostbite or not and there patch of skin on some is wight when it is supposed to be red they are sex link hens and one road island red rooster please help me do i need to be worried i love my chickens soo much i dont want...
dose anybody else raise there baby chicks indoors if you do how do you keep the stink to a down low because my mom is not to thrilled about the stink they make inside the house but i don't know if spraying air freshener would hurt them or not.i always raise my chicks inside the house so i can...
if you have any funny chicken pictures post them here.
then create a funny caption example: feeling lucky... punk
i will post a picture and then you put a funny caption on it. and then somebody will post another and you post your funny chicken pictures and repeat the cycle
Is there a way to grow your own feed for your chickens because my feed cost is kinda high and im looking for ways to lower it im hoping that this will lower the feed bill a little i just don't know what i need to grow it.
i love my chickens and i am making little money i was just woundering if there is a way to make a living of of raising chickens and selling their eggs. and how many hens i would need
this is my first post thought id give it a try
I am getting about 7 little chicks and i need to know what hen would be best to care for them my sex link chickens dont want any thing to do with them i need somthing that will adopt them and care for them as her own.