My 1st time with a broody momma. She just had a 100% successful hatch of 7 babies. My question is she is in a coop/run with 1 roo and 7 other hens. Her nest box is 4feet up. Should I move her box? Should I separate an area for her and the babies?
Also we have had none stop rain lately. We had...
I believe they are some sort of silkie mixed. 2 have the black skin, all 3 have 5 toes, single comb, and regular feathers. Is there going to be anyway to sex these chicks until they crow or lay an egg?
Chick 1 with white skin
Chick 2. Biggest of the 3
Last chick
About 5 days ago I noticed my alpha rooster was acting strange, He has been hanging back, tail down even let me pick him up. I 1st thought he lost his alpha status and is sulking. But as the days go by he hasn't changed. He is eating and drinking though possibly eating slightly less. I sat out...
I have a BLRW that is about 10mths old. He doesnt like to be handled much but today while he was sunbathing I noticed his comb looked bad and was worried he and the other roo had a fight, or possibly got into something while free ranging the last couple of days. After I chased him down and got...
My flock of 12 have very, very, very tiny bugs on them. I've tried numerous times to take pictures of the bugs but they are so small I can not get a picture of the bugs. They are just barely visable.they are a creamish/tan color. I have treated the flock the coop and the run with de/woodash...
I have a 17week old Polish cockerel that is very sick. No visible signs of injury. I went out to feed them yesterday and he was standing with what looked like a lot of effort. Head hanging like he couldnt hold it up. I kept him inside and gave him honey, electrolyte water, some oatmeal and a...
I have a 15week bantam polish. She was really weak this morning and unsteady on her feet. I have brought her in and she is eating and drinking on her own. She doesn't seem as weak but is still slightly unsteady and she keeps cocking her head to the side. I thought it was to see due to her crest...
Our Silver laced frizzle. Poor thing cant see. He is always the last one out the coop in the morning. I think its because he thinks its still dark outside. lol
My WCB smooth. I was convinced it was a girl... Now im not so sure. Crest was a round perfect poof before. Not so much anymore.
We have a converted 8x8 shed with dirt flooring, the run is 8×12. We had 4days of rain and now the run is a mess. Thankfully the coop actually stayed dry except for a tiny leak in the roof in one place that we will patch. Trying to decide the cheapest but most effective stuff I can put down on...
I have a 3week old chick that was just looking sleepy earlier today, she has since started sneezing, seems to have heavy breathing. and sounds a tad raspy. She was in a brooder with 4 other chicks. a 3week old RIR, 2~ 10day old EE, and 1- 2week old polish. The chick with issues and the RIR were...
We converted an old 8x8 shed into a COMPLETELY remodeled coop. tore the old walls down and everything. It currently has a dirt floor with the exception of some dry leaves and grass clippings I gathered up just so I could get the gang in there at night.
Im debating between sand, deep litter...
I've been thinking "Dora" was a pullet, this morning 'she' has been having many standoff's with my youngest cockerel. Has me questioning if she is a he, or just bossy.
Can I throw This cutie in again for debate?
This one is some kind of mix.I wanna say boy, but it isn't developing a wattle at all. I have one boy I'm positive about a month younger with decent wattle already.
With our 1st bunch of chicks we ended up with 4 out of 6 of our chicks being cockerels. So Im finding a couple boys new homes. Need to decide which boy to keep. Im hoping to hatch out some of my own chicks next year. My pullets are 2 polish. A black and a silver. Just brought home a golden...
She seems to be getting a muff around the bottom of her beak. Barred rocks don't have muffs right?
I know she has EE as I have a white EE roo that's the same age. No muff on him though (was in denial it was a roo til it started trying to crow this afternoon) if she could be an EE what color...