14 chicks hatched in same nest under same broody hen in a few hours 13 healthy, one deformed, a 4 legged chick, 2 possible vents.(not sure if both work) With questonable areas in creases chick has so far survived to almost day 3 is eating and drinking on its own and getting around on its own my...
I have 14 baby chicks ranging from a couple days old to about 5 weeks old. That I hatched under my broody hens! I have sold every single one for $10.00 each in just a few days after posting an Ad on craigslist!
Two are leaving tommarow, four more on Monday, and the 8 littles in 3 weeks! All of...
I'm having this problem with my neighbor who has been harassing me over my chickens, making totally false claims about my chickens almost making him crash on his motorcycle in our shared driveway, making his dogs sick, he has threatened me alone directly several times, won't say anything to my...
I saw a red hen of mine get attacked by my roosters yesterday, violently mounted her one after another, till 4 chunk sized pieces of her flesh layed on the ground, from the back of her head or neck, she freaked out and took off and hid, it got dark, couldn't find her, today still no sign of her...
I went pull out the chick that hatched and a hen stepped on a developing egg and exposed a embryo that looks day 16- 18-21 days developed it has feathers, its breathing but its somewhat curled up and resting and a little blood on the tummy
I need help I'm freaking out I had a container for a brooder cats used it as a litter box, heard peeping from the coop, mama hens laying on eggs won't accept chick, chick was on floor, with roosters, worried, climbed in over roosts pick him up, chick fell out of nests boxes, I don't have a heat...
My hen died sometime early this morning. I do not believe she was sick enough to be the cause of her death, I observed mild coughing at the roost night time the night before she died. She laid her last egg in the nest, next to a broody hen currently laying on my first nest that's going to hatch...
My rooster had a recent eye injury/ infection which I treated him for and nursed him back to health, he healed very fast and went back into coop within a day or two after spending time in an isolation cage during treatment. I used vetricine, neosporin with pain relief and fluids and flushed his...
I noticed her looking pale a few days ago and not moving quite as much as normal yesterday so i examined her to find some runny white and yellow poo on her feathers so I caged her up away from the flock brought her inside and gave her bath, thinking maybe she was egg bound, I left her some milk...
I started a flock back in July-August (I actually worked my cousins farm for a week 14 chickens, 2 goats, 6 ducks, 2 geese, a farm dog, 2 small dogs, while she was on vacation and used the money she paid me to buy the materials to build my own chicken coop) we built a rather large chicken coop...