I have a baby who is maybe 5 days old and her eye lids keep getting stuck together. Some warm water and I can gently open them and they will stay open for a while but as soon as she takes a nap they get stuck again. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this stuck lid problem? Or should I just...
I have 4 chicks about 5 weeks old. And lets face it they are growing like weeds and will soon out grow the brooder. I have 14 hens (yay for chicken math) that are all over a year old. I hope to get the run put up this next week (been saying that for a year now) but I know it really has to happen...
I know the bedding topic is like beating a dead horse. But I really need help.
I live in the Pacific Northwest and if anyone knows anything about us here in OR and WA is that its WET, and I mean VERY WET in the winter. In the summer time straw worked great but now that its winter I am having...
(if this is the wrong area sorry spent 10 minutes trying to find a place to put this)
So like the title says, I have Delaware's with yellow feathers and they are dirty little mud balls. I know that the mud will come out with a wash, but I am at a lost with what to do with my girls. Snow and...
So Monday night I was rushing around trying to get everything done I didn't count my hens before I locked the coop. (I have 7 girls and my mom has 7 for a total of 14) And in the morning my mom finds a very wet and cold Rhode Island sitting on the front step of the coop and our silver laced...
Young Hen (hatched Feb 2014), Golden Laced Wyandotte, I don't know here weight, I would guess about 4.5 - 5 pounds (same size as her sister)
Behavior; Normal though slow walking when I call the flock for treats doesn't run like everyone else (but this is normal for her)
2-3 days
No other...