My little Hedwig. I lost 3 4 week olds to a hawk a little over a month ago, my buck beak was among one of the victims. I was devestated.
I decided to get more, 6 to be exact (and 2 ducks lol) And this is little Hedwig, the sweetest most cuddly little babe.
God blessed me with these sweet angels...
Had 7 13 week olds, and 3 4 week olds that were in a fenced run. Went outside and one was completely disemboweled and the other 2 just necks broken. My sweet buckbeak human chicken was one of the casualties. I'm a mess. 😥😥
This is Buckbeak. A 4 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte.
Aside from being a total love bug, she absolutely LOVES when I mimic her chirps and purrs, basically goes back and forth with me as if we are having a conversation.
She does have a really bad habit of trying to clean me, loves trying to...
I have a group of 7 12 week old chicks with 1 roo and another group of 3, 4 wel old chicks. I've had their brooder in the coop for over a week. I tried to put the smaller chicks on the roost with them and they viciously attacked the babies, almost all of the older ones went after the babies...
I have 8 12 week old chicks (7 pulleys and one roo) and 3 wyandotte chicks that are 4 weeks old.
I put the baby's brooder in the coop a week ago to get the older chicks used to them. My question is, how do I go about successfully integrating the 4 week olds with the 12 week olds as smoothly as...
So I have two sets of chicks I raised this spring/summer. The first set, almost 12 weeks; and the new set, almost 3 weeks. I read an article that said you can bond with your chickens if you behave like them (pretend to scratch, mock their sounds and chirps, etc.) So I did that with my 3 week...
Fine all day yesterday, brought them outside to play for a bit and following that she laid around alot and is walking around very unsteady, almost penguin-like. I felt her legs hips and feet, nothing feels off.
Please help me!!! Shes the sweetest little babe!!
I finally convinced to get my husband on board with getting more chicks.
We started off with 8, 1 died. They are now nearly 9 weeks old.
Just got 3 baby chicks yesterday, because 10 chickens is not a large flock for a 1 acre yard and 16x6 coop (though my husband would beg to differ).
I will...
I got some dewormer just because my girls were doing some neck stretching/ gaping.
Is this okay (husband picked it up) and how much do I give (I bought a dropper)
Lucy is my 7 and 3 day old week pullet who jus today started making cracking noises when breathing. My husband mowed yesterday and today and it's been about 90 degrees...but could this be a respitory issue or MG??
This is Luci, s/hes 7 weeks old today.
Thinking S/he is a roo die to the large red waddles and comb.
However, breast feathers are not black..so I'm not sure.
I had my 7, 7 week old chicks, 6 pullets (and 1 roo I suspect) outside in my fully fenced 1/2 acre yard to free range like I have been for the last week. I was outside gardening and I heard a commotion of only one of the chicks so I went running over and I found 6 out of 7 just scratching away...
Tonight when my 7 week old chicks went to roost, I noticed my one Dominique Hazel's crop was about the size of a golf ball and fairly hard to the touch. I was able to massage it and it broke up a bit. I've taken the food away and left their water in their coop.
I will check her first thing in...
I feel like my chickens hate me, lol. During the day, they flee from me. The two that used to run to me when I opened the brooder as baby chicks no longer really want to be on me, but tonight when I went to close their coop, 6 out of 7 tried to roost on my arms and head.
I just don't get it...
Tried looking the cause of this up and couldnt really find anything. Is this just a result of losing baby fluff and growing feathers? What should I do??
I have 4 week old pullets (I suspect one may be a roo) that are nearly fully feathered. They havent had a heat lamp in 2 weeks and they are making a complete mess in their brooder in my house. Can I move them outside??
The average day time temperature is 80 to 85 for the last 1o days or so and...
I'm thinking of setting my 4 (almost 5) weeks old chicks in their coop for good since the weather has been good and they are almost fully feathered.
I wanted to place a solar powered light in their coop for comfort and maybe a little heat at night and slowly wean them off since their used to...