So how do you know if your chickens have worms? We have never treated for anything but just dusted in their coops and nest boxes as a preventative for mites. That was in the summer. Should we be doing something else? I read these posts and it kinda worries me, it seems so complicated. So far...
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We have a sexlink hen that is about 6 months, maybe 7, anyways she has been laying for approx. 3 months. Well, then about 3 wks. ago she just stopped, nothing at all, she acts fine, she looks fine. She will not let the roos around her, she always runs off. I mean...
Our cur dog, which has been the best and most promising tree dog we have ever had got hit by a vehicle this morning. My boys are going to cry when they come home and Suzy's not here. I feel so bad, I have cried and cried. I let her out when I went to check for eggs and she went to the road and...
We have a hen, possibly 2 that are breaking off our roosters tail feathers and eating them. One morning we noticed that the roo's tail feathers were a lot shorter and then we noticed one of the hens nipping them off with her beak and eating them. The roo is really good with the girls and he just...
We have a RIR roo who is 20 wks old and he still hasn't crowed, he pays no attention to the girls either. He is the biggest or anyways the leggest chicken that we have. All of the other roos his age are crowing and definitly pays maybe a little too much attention to the girls. Is this normal, is...
We got our first egg! Girls are 20 wks. the ones that have laid are BSL, we were so excited. Kids called Grandpa & Grandma, aunt , uncle & friend [I believe they think we are a little crazy!] . I wasn't going to post it but just couldn't resist any longer.
We actually got the very first one last...
hi all,
just wondering about eating the eggs, our girls are on 1/2 med. starter and 1/2 layer pellets [ we are in the process of switching]. They are 20 wks. and just got our first egg.
thanks, Buffy
I have a BO roo who is about 18 wks. He has begun to do his thing with 1 or 2 of our hens, mostly just the one [he does seem awful rough] , he doesn't pay any attention to the other 7-8 hens. There are 2 more roos in with them, but he is definitely the main guy around here. I know we have too...
hey everyone,
can anyone please, tell me if my roo [his name is Rocky] is a BR or maybe sexlink? He was sold to us as BR, but we are thinking maybe with the legs being whitish he may not be a BR. I think I read on here somewhere that BR have yellow legs, is that right? Any thoughts on Rocky...
I have several chickens that are 16 wks old, getting ready to start on layer feed, then I have some that are 11 wks. Well, we want to put them all together, right now they are seperated, but how will we keep the 11 wk olds from eating the layer. One more ? that may seem kinda dumb but is it ok...
Oh, somebody tell me it isn't so! I'm just wondering because I am totally scared-to-death of snakes. I don't mean 'oh, that scares me' I mean I am really, really, really scared, like a phobia I guess you would call it. Can't stand to see pics or anything of snakes.
So I love my chickens, but I...
ok, if you have more then one roo, like I think maybe 4, all the same age, will the dominant roo do the crowing or do all of them crow? I ask this because we have never heard our other 3 roos crow, they are the same age but only the one crows and it is evident that he is pretty much the top dog...
okay people I thought I had BR chickens but the more I read on this forum [which I love!] the more I'm thinking maybe I don't. I have several chickens that I just assumed were BR. [thats what we were told] , they are black & white like BR but some of them have yellow legs, most have whitish...
I'm new to chickens and feel kinda dumb but I thought these were black sex link roo's. Are they not? Do I just have mixed up chickens here or what? Please help! They are roos aren't they, because they are going to the freezer! I think they are anyways!
I'm so confused!
hey all you experts!.......I'm hoping for some answers. We have some 12 wk olds and as this is our first time with chicks we still aren't sure on a few.
My pretty lil' hen started crowing so I just give up on the sexing thing:. Can anyone tell me if my buff #1 and my BR's #2 pullets or roos...
hey from Tenn.......don't really know what I'm doin' but here goes:D.......
we are new to chickens just got some this spring so just learning.
We have about 47 chicks.....the oldest are about 3 months and the youngest ones are about 5 wks. We got them all strait run so we have about 10-15 roos...