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I checked on my chickens before I left the house yesterday and they were all fine. I was gone for less than an hour and when I returned I found one of my chickens laying in the run not moving. I saw she tried to stand but something was wrong with one of her legs. It...
well the youngest hens are 12 weeks. I put them in the coop by themselves for about an hour. Then opened the door to the run. Th entire flock went into coop and they were all fine. When the younger hens went to go out into the run the rooster chased them all over. then he grabbed one by the...
Hello, I tried to introduce my 4 baby hens to my flock of 1 rooster and 4 hens. I let the new ones out and the rooster came running toward them. Not sure if he is going to be mean or not. The babies just started squeaking and running from him. He was chasing them. The hens did not come to...
Sorry everyone this is my second message today. I will not go through the entire story, but I now have one rooster and 4 hens together. I started with 5 roosters and 4 hens. Anyways, my hens are missing their feathers all on their backs and some wing feathers/broken. This started when all...
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Last year in my classroom I hatched chickens. I took them home to raise them and keep them for the eggs. Started with ten and lost one. Then out of nine I had 5 roosters. I got rid of the roosters (kept one). But now I have hens that have no feathers on their backs or wings...
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I have a baby chick that was running around yesterday and today is just laying around. Any suggestions of what might be wrong or what I can do? Not sure if she is eating or drinking. I have four chicks and the other three are doing just fine. Thanks
Hi everyone. I have not asked a question before so I hope this is in the right spot. Came home today and thought my rooster was going to be dead. He had so much blood down the front of him. Found out it is from his wattle. Not sure what happened. I washed him off and tried to put pressure on...
Hello from Nebraska!
In my classroom, I hatched my chickens with my class. This year we did not have a great turn out so I thought it would be a perfect time to take the chickens home. I had ten chickens but now I’m down to 9. This is will be a great learning experience for next year when I...