Just went to store and bought this.Curious and need help with chicken math.I have eighteen chickens and three ducks.It says 1600 chickens 4-6 weeks,now I need help figuring how much I should put in the two gallon waterers.Only seems to be info for young chicks.No direct direction for other ages...
I have 18 chickens,had more but they pay away.I never really thought to hard on it because it didn’t make sense to me until I read a pecking order article.
I do not have hen in my flock that’s above everyone else,I know them best and spend lots of time with them when I can.
At one point I had a...
So yesterday I caught my chickens eating poop,yes poop.
They cut back on actual feed and now are just being down right gross and eat certain piles of poop,seems to be the more favorable dry ones.
What’s causing this and why are they doing it?!?It must stop!
i am not getting any any time soon cause currently I have to move to my house,but on the other hand I will be getting some probably in may we should be moved in by end of April or middle or beginning of may.I currently have Cochin bantams,Black sexlinks,New Hampshire reds,mixed breeds,barred...
Just curious to see what else I can feed them.
I feed them popsicles,types of bread,veggies even certain meat parts that I struggle chewing up (or the nasty fatty parts),scratch,rice(not too much,too much starch isn’t good for them),vanilla wafers,ginger snaps (Read that it calms their stress)...
my roosters spurs are growing longer and longer and I think this is why he lift his legs instead of dragging them like the hens.
Was gonna file them is it safe?
I am building my first chicken coop,not my first coop but my first project without any real assistance,for 19 chickens and 3 ducks.I need assist building a door.Nothing but a small one but I am unsure of where to start.We bought a large shed but I need to know how I should cut open holes in it...
I’m currently having an issue with one of my hens.Poop,from what it looks like,was stuck in her like she couldn’t push it out.So I grabbed it all out,ripped it off and then after that I guess it was bleeding.So I wiped it up and separated her in the cage,so here in about an hour we will see...
I am not new to chickens but am new to the site.For a minute I lost interest but gained it back quickly.
It’s been a hard winter,probably the most deaths we ever had.We had four hens die in 2017,the best ones with the best personalities,most being sexlinks so I’m just gonna assume it has...