I have a very small bantee and I was just wondering if she will be okay I it snows or gets really cold during the winter time. She is even smaller than and average sized bantee and I am a little worried it will be to cold for her. any ideas on how to keep her warmer?
I have flies everywhere...not just in my coop, but in my house. I have cats that are outdoor as well as my chickens, and I guess that they probably come because of the cat food and the chicken feed. I have tried everything from fly spray to those sticky strips that you hang from the ceiling...
I have posted a thread about having too many roosters before, but I have 4 roosters and they like to pick on the hens. I have separated them, but I can only separate one at a time, and they hate being confined into a small space. I need to do something though, because one of them pecked one of...
I just recently got my first eggs a few days ago, and I am beyond thrilled! I wanted to know if there was a way to somehow preserve our first eggs. I realize that somehow I would have to extract the yolk in order to preserve them. But how would I go about doing that? Has anyone preserved their...
Our hens just started laying eggs recently, and one has started to sit on them. Is it ok to make marks with a marker on the eggs so we can tell those apart from the other eggs?
Hello! I have another question about my chickens. I have these bantams and I am not sure what breeds they are because they did not specify when I purchased them. I have added photos below. Thanks!
This is midnight. I am unsure about whether he/she is a male or a female. He/she is approximately 3.5 months old. I have not seen any signs of him/her crowing, but he/she has a larger comb and waddle than the others. Could he/she still be a female though? See the picture below for a reference...