I was outside feeding and playing with my hen, Raven. I heard clucking over the fence and went over to peek through the fence. I saw this woman and man holding a hen. She was held by her legs and panicking. They took out a tape measurer and slapped her head and dunking her head in boiling water...
So, I am new to chick raising, and I had two chicks about a week ago. They are about 3 weeks, until one of them died yesterday. What happened? I fed them, watered them, cleaned their coop plenty of times. So what?
The night before my chick died, they were cheeping endlessly. Their feet were...
So I need to know where the stomach and other things are in a chicken. Any ideas? I would like to see a map of the chicken's vital organs and insides etc. and not the outside of a chicken. The internet doesn't show for me...
So my dad didn't agree to any of my complaints about not getting chicks to accompany my lonely hen, Raven. So instead I got two sibling chicks. I'm new in chick caring, and don't totally agree to the whole process of caring for them all by myself, so Raven has to take care for them. Though she's...
My two hens are sisters, Turkey and Raven. Turkey died today so Raven is left alone. Should I get another 'sister' for her or get chicks? If I do get chicks, Raven is going to mother them.
So I just buried my hen, and I read that I should use lime to cover the spot she was buried so no raccoons find her. I want to know what else I can use because the raccoons are going to find her one day and if they get used to the lime juice...
Anyways, if there are any spices, strong smells...
My hen, Dutch Bantam, is acting strange and I'm positive that she has mites in her or something, but i'm not an expert. She isn't pooping as much, always unbalanced and can't jump. Once I went to close the door on the chicken's pen, and I only found her sister, Raven, in there looking sad. I...