I have a flock of Icelandic chickens, they're medium sized birds. 6 one year old hens, 8 four month old hens, and 4 four month old roosters. We are going to be butchering 2 of the roosters soon btw. Everyone is fed grower crumbles right now, with oyster shells on the side for the adults...
Ok so I have two momma hens raising baby chicks outside. They'r four weeks old. They're free ranging and doing well, except we had a chick die last night. They were all asleep in the nest and I was checking on them and counting them and picking them up to be examined. The mom who had 10 chicks...
Hey Backyard Chickens folks, it's been awhile since I posted here, lol. :D So here's the situation: we have our first flock of 8 chickens that we raised, 7 hens and one roo. One of our seven hens went broody last month. After a week of trying to get her to stop, we gave up and let her brood in...
One of our 10 week old Icelandic roosters has an injured left leg. We noticed him limping severely on Saturday and on Sunday he wasn't able to stand up to eat and drink from the feeders. Upon close examination, he shows no signs of injury. No sores or blood and no broken bones as far as we could...
Hello, I'm new to Backyard chickens and chickens in general, but I've been doing all the research I can. A nearby friend will be giving us 24 icelandic chicken eggs to hatch in 2 weeks, so excited! :weeSo, we have the incubator, and I've been testing it out to make sure I can get temps and...