I came out to check on my flock this morning and found this girl doing what think might be wheezing? I have quarantined her on our back patio in a dog kennel with some water - I'll get her food in a bit, but other than the sound, she's otherwise behaving normally. This is the first I've noticed...
I have been introducing my 9 week old pullets to my hens slowly. For a little over a week now, they've been kept in the same run, divided by a baby gate designed for folks with cats (it's 4.5 ft tall), and I've been putting the pullets back in their brooder box and moving them to the garage at...
I'm conflicted. I have six hens, two of them (Phoenix's) go broody at least three to four times a year. I want to put that broodiness to good use by letting them hatch out some fertilized eggs for me, but all my hens are vaccinated against Marek's and coccidiosis. Because of this, I feed an...
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Thank you for your support figuring out whether my chickens were pullets or cockerels. It was certainly nerve-wracking as someone who lives in a subdivision! All my ladies are happy and healthy. The four of seven that have actually begun laying (I figure the three others are waiting...
My chickens are now eleven weeks old, and I'm starting to get suspicious that one of my Ameraucanas pullets is actually a cockerel. I live in a subdivision and some neighbors already expressed their distaste should any of my chickens turn out to be male. I'm hoping I'm just hyperfocused and...
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First-time chicken keeper here, and I purchased a flock of 6 day-old "hens" from McMurray Hatchery, plus the one "mystery chick." I completely understand that sexing chicks is difficult, but I live in a subdivision and I am nervous that I'm ending up with more than the one possible roo...