Well , I've been on my chicken adventure for almost a year now . We have dual purpose birds for eggs mostly. But we did end up with to many roosters and mean roosters . So my husband says we will eat them. So he butchered them the best way he could. ( definitely need some practice.) I took one...
I have 2 roosters mating 16 hens. Both roosters seem to not mate or protect 1 hen. Do you think if I separate one rooster with this hen. They will bond , mate . And she will be protected after that's my hopes .
I have 20 chickens . 3 are silkies 2 of the 3 are roosters. Now my problem is that the 1 Silkie hen seems to be the stinky kid of the group. No one really wants to be around her. I found her the other day with her head all bloody and her comb torn . So I separated her and when I tryed to put her...
I have 5 90lb pigs, I need to worm them but the directions on the bottle are confusing me . Does anyone who does this regularly have advice???? How do you know each gets what they need for certain ... Any tips please!!!
I am a newbie, first flock and I am really enjoying it. I love this byc app.. I have SLW and some silkies . One of the SLW is a rooster and I'm not sure if his behavior is normal... He is very nasty to all the pullets, charging at them. Challenging then and if they don't fight back he just keeps...
i am a new flock owner and not sure what to expect .. I have 10 SLW one is a rooster and 3 Silkie hens well pullets . All about 13 weeks. My rooster seems to be more aggressive toward the silkies for some reason, not the SLW.. Is this normal behavior or should I be concerned. By aggressive I...
She is the runt of 20 hens I bought and was being picked on badly. She went down and nursed her back to health. Had to separate her now she is lonely.. Don't have room to buy more chicks for her.. She is only one fourth the size of my other SLW.. Would be great with younger chicks.. Very sweet...
PLEASE HELP !!I had 20 chicks, 1 fell sick and didn't make it over night a couple weeks ago.. Then another got sick last week.. I treated with corid for 5 days. Started vitamin water yesterday. And now I have another sick one today. All Sick ones behave the same way . Lethargic, and body's get...