My baby speckled sussex chick is acting strange. She is not active and won't stand up. Her movements are jerky and wobbly. I have separated her from the other chicks. Please tell me what it could be and if there is anything I can do.
Hi! Recently we bought the Little Giant plastic nest boxes and installed them into the coop to replace our wooden ones. But the thing is, our hens don't want to lay eggs in them. I have a golfball in each one and even tried gently placing our bantams on the roost outside of the nest box or in...
I went into the coop and I saw that one of my bantam hens was in the nest box. She was sitting very still. Even when I got close to her she still didn't move away like the other hens do. I needed to check if she was sitting on eggs so I went to pick her up gently, but suddenly she freaked out...
Howdy! I've been on this site before (a friend told me about it) and have just recently signed up. I'm 15 and have had chickens for a couple of years. Can't wait to learn a lot of things from this site!