My most anticipated silkie buff orpington chicks have hatched (I DID IT!!!!!! YES!!!!) they are in a dog crate, pretty good size, with shavings and a hay nest. layer pellets for Virgil (Mother) and water. If i leave her to the chicks will she take care of them, with the exception of me...
Last night, i saw that one of my chicks has a sort of ruptured rear end. i have worries from past experiences, but it isn't bleeding, just dry. her feathers are sort of dry and brown
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There is a little thing sticking out of, i...
one of my chickens has been laying wrinkled eggs (shells) for the past five days. she is a bit inactive, mostly stands in one place for long periods of time. i picked her up and could hear lots of swishing of liqiuds in her upper chest. she doesnt make much effort to run away when i go near her...
I saw my Rooster and my hens Together, and i want to raise chicks. so far, There is two eggs in the nest. even though i saw them together, how can i be sure that the hen was fertilized? She isn't broody yet, so i cant do the flashlight trick. every time my rooster approaches my hen, i think...
I have two Buff Orpington bantam hens and one silkie rooster together. when the chicks come, if they do, will they be a mix variety of Orpingtons and Silkies, or will they be Silkie Orpington cross? i guess some would be Orpingtons and some Silkies but I'm not sure. does anyone know?
i have 17 chickens, 10 of them i recently got at an auction on the 18th. they all stopped laying about 5 days ago. (the ones that i ha before the auction) i am wondering if the newcomers are causing the others to stop laying, or if they aren't laying where they should... any ideas?