I have a chicken that has been sitting and it’s nesting box for probably over two weeks we keep kicking it out and when it goes out, it goes over and drinks water, and then walks around chirps a bunch and then just goes back to the nesting box. it seems to be skinny I could definitely feel it’s...
Went to clean the coop this morning and found this. Is this worms? Never came across this before... how do i test? What do i do? We have 14 chickens and have no idea who this is coming from. Any help..???
We have 14 week old chicks that we would like to start intergrating into the coop. I don’t have enough space to section off an area for them - is it ok if they start eating layer feed sooner the 18 weeks? Since I won’t be able to control what there eating?
We have a 13 week Columbia’s Wyandotte who all of a sudden can’t walk... her leg looks fine but won’t straighten to stand. All others 4 chickens are totally fine. They are still in a large brooder in our garage so no animals could have gotten her... any insight??
she’s eating when she can get...
Does anyone know what is going one with our hen. Her vent is red and smells. She has excluded herself every night and sleeps in the run roosted you high. Each day she jumps out of the run and stays outside on her own all day.
This may be too different issues but any insight would be appreciated.
our chicken (2 year old buff orpington) i believe is egg bound, she has been suffering for days now and we can't seem to help her in anyway. we have tried epsom salt soak, vaseline in vent area, yogurt, tums in her food.
any other suggestions, going to a vet just isn't an option.
her abdomen...
We just added a 5-7 month old easter egger to our flock. She spends the whole day sitting on top of the water container... I’m not outside all day but i can tell you whenever I am she’s sitting there- no clue if she’s eating or drinking anything. At night she won’t go in the coop unless I force...
I noticed one of my chickens eating a few feathers- was reading that they may do this due to lack of protein..? Our feed has 16% protein but is not Purina it’s a different brand- Any thoughts?
we have (6)1.5 year old hens and today we added another 1 year old (she’s little) and (2)4 month olds from a friend.
When it started to turn dusk the 4 month olds went right in the coop to roost, the little 1 year old wouldn’t go in the coop b/c one of my older buff Orpington was stalking her...
we have six 1.5 year old chickens they all roost great, however we added 3 chicks to our flock this year. 2 barred rocks and 1 Easter eggers-when they joined the coup they refused to roost with the others and found a spot in the run that they would roost every night. For a few weeks now we push...
We just moved our 2.5 week old chicks from in the house to the cold garage. It's still quite cold here 34 degrees at night. We have a eco glo heat source- will the chicks be fine over night or do I need to bring them in?
Hi, we have 5 day old chicks (5 of them) they were vaccinated with merck vaccine. we are looking to get a few more chicks from a local place but they are not vaccinated. any suggestions?