Just came home a few days ago with month old Emu chicks. Any advice? I am feeding them Flock Raiser Mash. I let them out in a small, 4' x 4' covered cage during the day, while we build a bigger run. I bring them in at night to a small cage to be sure they stay warm. They seem healthy now. Any...
I had all kinds of animals as a kid. Was in 4-H but only did the non-animal thing in 4-H. So I didn't learn a lot to help me now. Found your site when I needed help. 11 months new to raising chickens. Sadly, I don't know what kind I have. I have some white ones, some black and white, some red...
My chickens are about 11 months old. Lost none raising them. In the last, about three weeks, lost one a week. Put them to bed at night in there fairly big, 6x6x12 foot house. I have always locked them in at night. No high roost. No change in food .Plenty of water. I will say, I think it may have...
I hate to even say it happened. I have a hen that was eating eggs. I was going to toss her to the wild but couldn't do it. So we clipped her beak and it is bleeding slightly. Is this horrible? Will she just heal? I feel like an awful chicken mom.