This poor baby has been limping for maybe a week. I thought one of the other chicks may have just stepped on her leg wrong and it would get better. But I looked at her today and seen her leg is swollen and red! I’ve never had a chick do this before and have no idea what it could be. Any advice...
So I got two Bantam chicks in March and I knew they were straight run, that’s not the problem! He just now started crowing about 3 weeks after the other bantam Roo I have, has a small comb and so I actually thought he was a she until the other day:eek:. He’s quite larger than the other and with...
I am trying to track progress of my eggs every few days by candling them. I don’t do it everyday just because I don’t want to get them out that much. I have a pic of what it looks like on day 6 and 9 and I’m concerned how it looks on day 9. Can someone enlighten me if it is supposed to look like...
Well, I have had my Rooster (Cluck) for not even 3 weeks. My ladies really got attached to him and yesterday I came home from work to be what one could only assume was a massacre to my poor boy. He was lying dead outside the door opening of the coop, feathers EVERYWHERE in the coop and in the...
I told you all I was going to ask A LOT of questions lol! I got my Light Brahma "sweet pea" probably a month after I got my 4 other chickens. She was the new bird in town and was picked on so she wanted to be under my feet and when I would go out to visit her, she would sit down right beside me...
Because I’m new to this and I’m sure there is absolutely NOTHING I can do about it. But is there anyway of keeping hawks away without having to keep my chickens cooped up all day. I hardly ever seen a hawk before I got chickens. It’s like one went and told the whole population of hawks around...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I am new to owning chickens. I finally talked my husband into letting me take this on around April of this year! I love my chickens!
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I started with 5...I’m down to 3
(3) What breeds...