Good morning!
I woke up to this loud munchkin! Her eyes are shut but she gets up and chirps. Then goes to sleep. Do their eyes take time to open?
Also do I leave her in there for a day or move her to the electric hen (heat plate)? First time hatching. Not sure what’s normal.
Hello all,
A bit of background. A bit complicated.
My hen went broody. After trying so many things, I couldn't break her out of it. So I thought fair enough. I decided to buy fertilised eggs So she could raise them. I bought eggs from 2 different sellers. One of them arrived within 2 days. The...
This morning opened the coop to let the chickens out. This one didn't come out. On inspection, I found her laying with one leg stretched behind her. I picked her up and inspected the foot and the rest of the body. No visible injury. Last night they all went to bed per normal.
She's alert and...
I just collected eggs from the coop. One of the eggs had broken egg shell stuck to it. No sign of any egg insides, just a whole egg with another partial shell loosely stuck. I am wondering whether one is broken inside the chicken and it is partially coming out. I have 10 chickens, of which 6...
I adopted a few ex-battery hens 2 weeks ago. Yesterday I noticed one of them didn’t leave the coop and was laying on its side, as if sunning herself in the dust bath. Normally when I enter the coop (large walk-in coop), they normally shuffle about. This poorly one didn’t move, and continued to...
Hello everyone,
I am new and hoping to find a solution to one of my chickens' health problem. I noticed today that one of my chickens tail is down and she's not scratching the ground like the others do. I had to lure her out with corn so I could take these pics. Yesterday when I was cleaning...