I’m sure I’m going to get the negative opinions of some people. If you are one of those people I respect you and the way you choose to raise your chickens please show the same respect to me, even if you don’t agree. With that being said I woke up this morning to the first crows from my 20 week...
This chick is 1 day old, it can not stand. I was reading through forums and decided to try bandaids on the feet. Still it just can’t get it’s legs under it to stand or walk. It’s just crawling around can some one direct me how to help this little baby?
One of my broody hens hatched 8 baby chicks. They are a week and a few days old. We have them all in a brooder coop. Somehow this little one escaped. When I found her her wing was just hanging there almost dragging on the ground. I gave her some food and water and brought her in to watch her for...
2 of my hens walk around with their shoulders out. I’m new to chickens and I’m not sure if they are over weight or if there is something else wrong. Nothing else’s seems wrong, one of them is moulting.
I purchased 17 eggs online, two were broken when they got to me. It took 5 days in the mail to get to me. (They got delayed by the weather.) I candled them at 1 week and right before lock down. 7 remained. One hatched yesterday on day 21. In the incubator on March 2@ 9pm. So now I have 6...
I’ve started feeding them 1 1/2 cups of spouted barley, this turns into more like 6 or more cups of food, and I feed them about 2 cups of chicken scratch. Is this enough?
I am brand new at having chickens. I got my flock on Valentines days. I know so romantic right. My husband was not thrilled, really you want to spend your day building a coop and getting chickens? But believe me I was so excited! So it’s been about 2 weeks. We have 8 hens, 4 are 2 years old they...