Hi! I recently introduced 8 7-week old ameraucana chicks to my coop, which already had one red sex link hen. The chicks are extremely scared of my hen, and will often huddle in the corner of the run to get away from her. She often chases after them and just pecks them on the back, but they have...
Hello, @TudyBOT! I just got 8 ameraucana chicks, they are about 2 days old. One of them eats and pecks around normally, but when it goes to drink, it tilts its head way far back and falls over almost every time. I looked it up and a few different things said it could be wry neck, but the...
I just got 8 ameraucana chicks, they are about 2 days old. One of them (the lightest gray in the pictures) eats and pecks around normally, but when it goes to drink, it tilts its head way far back and falls over almost every time. I looked it up and a few different things said it could be wry...
I have a chick that hatched about a week and a half ago. After my chickens were closed up in the coop, I saw the chick eat and drink and then it went under mama. This morning, I went out and the chick was missing. I check thoroughly under both mamas and throughout the bedding. Our coop is...
Ok so this is the first time I had to deal with flystrike. My hen was sick with a tumor, and when I came back from a week-long vacation, she had gone downhill very quickly. The next night, she was sleeping in the run (which is not normal). Some of her back tail feathers were missing and so I...
Hi! New member here! I’ve had chickens for almost three years now and have been in 4-H poultry club for the same time. Right now, I have 8 chickens after losing two over the summer. I have three red sex links (formerly 5) and 5 Seramas. I love learning new things about chickens as well as the...