this is going on day 2 of Lil’ Peep being egg bound... I’ve tried calcium, I’ve soaked her in a warm bath (during her bath I have found out she recently has somehow gotten a lice infestation :he ) I have lubed up her vent... what else do I do? She won’t really move at all and keeps closing her...
sorry if I posted in the wrong place but I have a little question...
I built a new coop for the girls but they seem to sleep outside and not inside with the roosting area.
I was told to guide them inside and close the coop door to keep them safe from predators.
How many nights do you think...
Okay so I’ve been doing a lot of research and I just feel like a complete putz! :barnie
Plan A:
Removing the nesting box - FAIL
Feisty decided she’s not leaving her nesting box, so I took that away... she now decided that she’s going to use this plastic planting box instead..
Plan B:
The wire...
I’m a little concerned, today it dawned on me that my bantam Lil Peep has never laid. Her sister Feisty lays one everyday. They are about a year old.
Is there anything I should pay more attention to or something ?
Idk, maybe I’m just freaking out over nothing but I just want to make sure...
today I made the girls some chicken pops. It was too hot and I was a little worried , so I took a muffin tin and filled it with some water and veggies. It was a HIT!!:love
feisty is acting odd.
She is panting, she seems to have trouble keeping her balance when wanting to get in high places, she’s drooping her wings, she won’t get out of the squatting position, her eyes are looking really tired and she is keeping her butt feathers really low.
She is eating and...
Just when things in both of my coops start going great something else seems to happen
:he:barnie:he:barnie
My hen Hei Hei seems to be balding on the area below her chest.
She has dandruff, I checked her along with the rest of the flock for lice and mites but didn’t see anything. She’s the...
so I have some great news, my girl Stripey And I are making progress!
I just am so excited and nobody around me really cares because they say my girls are “just chickens”
:idunno I love them like the next person loves their children!:love
So I’ve had Stripey for about a year now and she...
:he:he:he:barnie:barnie:barnie :he:he:he
Okay so since I joined yesterday I’m still trying to get used to this website so I apologize in advance if someone already recently asked the same question.
My three older girls Goldie, Stripey, and Felicia just finished molting for their first time...
Hello everyone!! My name is Michele and I’m from Windsor California :)
I have 2 bantam Rhode Island Reds in one coop and the other coop I have the normal sized girls.
(1 Rhode Island Red, 1 Plymouth Rock, 1 Orpington, 1 Brahma, and last but not least I have 1 Australorp)
I love them like my...