Got this chick with 11 different chicks from Rural King. They’re all about 4-5 weeks old. This ones about half the size of every other chick but feathering out around the same rate. Has pale/grey clean legs and rounder in the back with small tail feathers just coming in.
My year old EE is lethargic, breathing heavy and fast, and there is a hump in her back on the base of her tail. I found her like this around 3pm. I thought she was egg bound, so I soaked her for 20 minutes and put vegetable oil around her vent. She did poop (fairly large) , so that rules out egg...
I have a broody hen with a clutch of 4 eggs. The problem is that my nesting box is 3+ ft off the ground. I tried to move the hen and the eggs to a nest on the ground but she got mad and pecked open on of her eggs. So I moved everything back up and she was content. I want to know what to do when...
Would anyone like to tell me what you know about ISA Browns. I.e. temperament, intelligence, free range or run, placement in a mixed flock pecking order. Thank you!
My roo is an ameraucana, my two hens are a Bard rock, and a black sex link. I want to know if anyone has pictures or could describe what kind of chicks would each of my hens make if they mated with my roo.
If a hen goes broody inside a raised (4+ ft above the ground) nesting box and hatches the eggs, will she be able to get her chicks down to the ground? Or will I have to assist?
I have 2 ISA Browns, and 2 Black Australops all around 17 weeks. Theve been separated from my three older chickens but inside the coop since they were about 8 weeks. The problem is that the chicks are scared of my 2 hens (Black sex link and a Bard Plymouth Rock) and my roo (Ameraucana) and the...