I live in Virginia and today has been a wintery mix. My chickens/guineas free-range during the day and are in a coop at night. I went out around 1:30pm today to put my horses in the barn and the guineas were screaming like crazy. I walked behind the barn and a hawk flew away with nothing in...
I have a hen who is sitting. She got off today and the remaining eggs are covered in shells & "yuck". Do I need to take her off & clean them? If so, water temperature? This stuff is completely dried on, it's going to be pretty difficult to get off. I did get the nest cleaned out & replaced...
OK this is a new one for me. Last night something tried to get my Guineas'. One has a claw that is completely missing. He is hobbling around a little but not much & he can't keep up with the flock. In this situation, what is the best thing to do? Can they survive like this? Do I let nature...
OK this is a new one for me. Last night something tried to get my Guineas'. One has a claw that is completely missing. He is hobbling around a little but not much & he can't keep up with the flock. In this situation, what is the best thing to do? Can they survive like this? Do I let nature...
This is my first time trying to get eggs to hatch the natural way. I have a hen that has been sitting for 4 days now. She got off of her nest this morning & when I checked it, there was dried yolk on some of the eggs and 2 eggs were gone. I have 7 hens and 1 rooster. The hen got back on the...