At the beginning of this week I had 5 out of 6 broody chickens. 1 was in jail, the other 4 decided to follow suit but I didn't have anywhere to put them so just blocked of their nest boxes and they slept on the floor of the coop. The 1 in jail is now out on good behaviour after 4 days. 2 of...
My chicken is in jail and has been put in the shed. I noticed fresh blood and somehow she has ripped her nail off and it's now bleeding. I don't know what to do. Attached are a couple of pics.
3 out of 6 of my chickens went to jail about 4 weeks ago for 48 hours and came out fine. At the start of this week one has been in the next box all day again so sent her to jail and let her out this morning, although she did lay an egg just before she was released! Now a second chicken is...
We have 6 chickens and are currently getting 3 or 4 eggs a day. How do you tell which chickens are laying? As we are on lockdown myself and kids are keeping an eye out for which chickens are going into the coop to lay during the day but we always find that when our backs are turned there's an...
Hi all, this is my first time posting. Hoping someone might be able to help please.
We have 6 chickens, 2 silkie cross which are 2 years old, 2 pekin, 2 pekin cross which will be 1 year old in August. I have noticed that 1 of the silkie crosses has grey markings on her comb and beak. Is this...