I woke up this morning, and usually I have a “ritual” of waving to my flock from the bathroom window upstairs, and usually they’d honk and start getting restless. Today, I noticed little movement in the coop. There were my two Pekins, but they weren’t giving me their usual side eye. I saw brown...
So I have a rooster who seems a little... off, today. For one, he didn’t run out when I poured the food into their pen, but he was drinking water. He kept wanting to go back under the coop and stand there, but I thought maybe being free range for a bit would help him. He’s pecked at a few things...
Hello! So this morning I looked into the hutch and saw a kit sitting on the wire, still alive. I had no idea my doe was pregnant, and took action to remove it and the mother and placed them in a Tupperware. I put some rabbit fur Ive been collecting in there, since the “nest” the doe made was 3...
I put my chicks outside today, and I fell asleep once I finished. When I woke up, it was raining. I ran and grabbed my chicks and brought them inside, letting them dry under a hair dryer and giving them food. One of the chicks doesn’t seem to feel well and her wings are drooping and her eyes are...
Just wondering if there’s a smaller breed of dog that’s good for guarding chickens? I know corgis are good, but what else? I’m looking into buying a dog but also using it to guard the flock, especially since we want them to be free range in the day :)
We got a new coop today, it’s an enclosed thing with a fancy looking coop. I was scrolling through here and read that raccoons can open locks and even chew through wires. I might go out and shut them in the coop just to be safe, but I’m wondering if there’s any way to predator- proof the hutch...
I got some new chicks to add to our current flock today, and we’ve already lost one chick due to a poor decision on my part. Right now one is displaying odd behavior, where she’ll be standing there, then start leaning back before catching herself and quickly leans over. Also, a few times it...
My chicks and ducks are about 4 1/2 weeks old right now. I saw that people usually put their chicks out permanently at 5 weeks. They are outside in the hutch right now, it’s 1:20 am and the temperature is about 56-57 degrees (that’s the lowest it’s gonna be). My mom didn’t want me to put a...
Hello! My name is Angi.
I am a first- time chicken and duck owner. I own 3 ISA Browns and two White Pekins. We used to have 4 chicks but one died due to unknown circumstances (I think the cold). As for letting them run around, we have a little dog pen that we put outside in a garden that they...
Hello! One of my chicks was moving her neck weird, and I looked it up and saw that it was usually a symptom for sour crop. There weren’t any other symptoms, but her crop looked a little swollen. Upon trying to have her throw up, I realized that the crop didn’t feel particularly hard or swollen...