Quick back story:I have a broody Buff Oprington and bought fertilized eggs for her. They hatched this past week. I have 3 living chicks and mama pecked 2 others to death. She was still sitting on 5 eggs that were probably never going to hatch so I bought chicks (under 5 days old) and last...
This is either a grand experiment for us or an epic fail. Eggatha, my Buff Orpington went broody 3(ish) weeks ago. We bought 12 fertilized eggs for her to sit on. She has done an amazing job of keeping to her eggs. We lost one because it broke. The eggs started hatching yesterday. When I...
My Americauna, Grace #2, got frostbite a while back and I never caught it. I only noticed it when she was limping a couple of weeks ago as two of her toes on her left foot are falling off. She seems to be eating and drinking well. She hops around the coop and the chicken run. My question is...
I have a Dominique that is being attacked my my older ladies. The Dominique was added to the coop Oct 2016 and there were no problems with the addition of her and 2 others at that time. The other day I noticed she was limping and decided to keep my eye on her.
Today there were feathers all...
HELP! I've lost two ladies in 8 days. I found both of them in the nesting box. I think it is from the heat...both days it was in the 90's. I have a small fan in there and they have fresh water. It's a small space so I can't put in a bigger fan. I've since opened the lid a little to help...
I have 3 older ladies (2 BO & 1 Americauna) and have just added to 2 Barred Rocks. All 5 are now in the old dog run and get along decently during the day. The 3 stick together and the 2 stick together in close proximity. The older ladies will chase the littles away from their food, but so far...