After we couldn't break our two buff orpingtons of their extreme broodiness, I decided somewhat on a lark to borrow fertile eggs from a neighbor. In total we put 7 potentially fertile eggs under two buffs over a period of two days. Yesterday, Day (18-20), two hatched and one more today (day...
We have 10 birds. One was recently attacked by at least two other chickens - they drew arterial blood. We have several chickens of the same breed, so while we know which two breeds attacked her we can't quite pinpoint the actual attackers (suspect pool: 5 potential attackers). We separated...
My rooster seems sick and I am hoping to get some opinions on what is wrong and advice on how to treat him:
Symptoms:
-Noticeably lethargic for the last few days - sleeping/napping, not interacting with the other birds as he usually does, moving around but only if he really needs to do so...
we have one easter egger in our flock of 11 birds - all about 10 weeks old, all supposed to be ladies. my husband has heard our easter egger try to crow and his tail feathers are starting to look roosterish to be, particularly the larger plume going up in the back. thoughts?
When is it safe to transition chicks to non-chick waterers. I have one regular waterer (no nipple attachment) I was thinking of putting out, but wondering if it's too early for my month-old chicks and there is still a risk of drowning.
Our 2 week old chicks used our Premier heat plate for the first week or so (primarily to sleep in and then they were up and about during the day, occasionally going under the heat plate for a bit of extra warmth), but in the past few days they barely use it. They have been sleeping all together...