I have some little bantams that wern't laying because I think the bigger hens were bullying them (theres 2 of them) is this possible?
I realy want them to lay so I seperated them from the flock after two days they are still not laying what do I need to do to make them lay or do I just need some...
ok I introduced two new silver laced wyandottes to the flock of 9 red shavers and they dont like the two new ones they dont let them get close to the coop and peck when they get near even the rooster which is nearly 3x the size of the red shaver.
why is the rooster not the boss?
and what can I...
one of my hens got little chicks about 5 weeks ago but now shes not laying eggs I have no idea how old she is but the former owner said she was laying eggs but there are no eggs anyone know how long it will be before she starts laying again?
I believe either a hawke or owl is stealing my chickens what can i do??
I do not want to lock them up all day as I think its not fair on the chickens but if more disapear it might be my only resort
I have started to lock them up at night but the chicken coop is built so that a owl could easily...
My chickens have a coop but roam through the garden during the day one day I came home and my rooster was gone no feathers around or nothing my 4 other chickens were stil there few days later one of my hens had disapeared.
I do not know if this hapened during the day or at night both cases...