I'm a bit new to raising chickens, so this may seem like a dumb question :) I have one hen that's laying and one that hasn't begun yet. For the past couple of days, neither has left the nesting box, and the non laying hen seems to be "protecting" the other hen. What's happening?
So I'll start off by saying, I have had 6 chicks and out of them 4 have died. I have a seperate thread on them, because I treated them with Corid and it stopped the deaths. These were the only 2 chicks to make it past 2 weeks, and start to grow. I live in California and most farm antibiotics are...
Anyone have an experience with this breeder? All of my chicks came to me sick, I want to know if anyone else has experienced problems. I've had a 50% mortality rate, see my profile for details
One of my hens keeps eating, puking up what seems to be spit, and her tail is droopy. She laid some soft shell eggs earlier. I noticed her behind keeps twitching. She also keeps opening and closing her mouth. She was clicking her beak earlier but when I wiped the food off, she stopped. She's a 4...
I have two cochin hens. Not sure the age but when I bought them I was told they were both 4 months and laying. I realized that's pretty young to be laying. I've had them for about a week and a half, and no eggs! This morning I found 2 soft shelled eggs that were broken. I got them oyster shells...
I've had 2 neck related deaths with my silkie chicks today. Ones neck was broken while she was asleep and the other suddenly got a sudden neck problem and died soon after. (People say it was wry neck? But I'm not sure the cause). Wondering if there is anything I can give to the surviving chicks...
4 days or so ago I purchased my first chickens. Two 2 week old silkies, a blue and white. They were both fine, until the white ine started peeping loudly. I'd check it's bedding, food, water, and temperature but it was all fine. Today at 6am I woke up to find the white chicks neck had been...