Recently i had bought 3 much smaller chickens 1 rooster and 2 hens i cant put them together as they will peck each other as theyre new and anyway they are much smaller so i have put the smaller ones on the other side of the fence i have 7 larger ones they are much larger these days i have been...
I am really upset my broody hen sat on fertislised eggs today is day 22 and i found it dead.This is my first time hatching eggs.Idk it must have starved to death.
Yesterday i put some fake eggs in there nesting boxes as i was tired of them not laying as i read online it encourages them and this morning at 7am i found 5 white eggs in the same nesting box .I suspect the one that mates with the rooster had laid them but weirdly none if them at all showed...
I have got a rooster that now mates with this smaller hen a couple times a day i have still not recieved an egg but knowing it is still a pullet i know why.but the rooster is bigger and could hurt the hen.weirdly when the hen gets mated it doesnt run away and still stays in that position for...
Hello today i had gone out and bought 10kg growers pellets and 10k layers pellets but the layers one is medicated and the shopkeeper said if you eat the eggs of hens that eat medicated feed it is harmful as it acts as a wormer aswell
Should i let them eat it at start of week one day put them on...
I have 10 chickens the past 2 weeks it had been very sunny and suddenly it starting raining which it has been doing for the past 3 days.But today as it was raining i let them out a bit later than normal time and to notice there was one missing i thought ok it must be cold so it stayed in so i...
Well i have a few roosters and none of them crow which is good as the neighbours wont complain but i have 3 roosters and none of them do.Ocassionaly the 2 oldest one buck and make a sound like that but never crow.Is this normal behaviour? I have a light brahma rooster and 2 other roosters.
My chickens have not layed a single egg most likely they are too young but i have heard other chickens younger are already laying.i think my chickens are 4-5 months.i have realised my chickens dig out an area in their coop maybe to get ready to lay idk help
I have got 4 chickens one of them has recently stopped moving a lot and running around.eating and drinking is fine.it sleeps more than all of them.stays alone while the other 3 go and play.help!! Cud it be bored if so what can i do to cure boredom
I have got 4 chickens when they poo in the coop i can manage but they poo all over my garden and i do not know what to do this has attracted about 30 flies today help!!
I have bought 2 new smaller chickens and one of my old chickens pecks them from time to time and takes off the feather.I put the old hen away for sometime so it stops pecking.Anybody know a faster solution.