I received 15 chicks from the hatchery on 08/10, so just over a month ago. They were Dark Brahma pullets. They were vaccinated at the hatchery for Marek's and Coccidiosis and arrived in good shape. I lost a couple due to shipping stress, not unexpected. The rest seemed fine. All in the...
We turned an old shed into our chicken coop. First we put in a few roosts and built the egg boxes and added the run. Then we put hardware cloth over the chicken wire after I did some reading on here. Then we fixed a couple of places where a black snake kept getting in to steal eggs. This...
My poor chicken got attacked by a dog yesterday and it looks like the dog got her by the backside and pulled all the feathers out in addition to taking a chunk. I've bathed her and put some Cut Heal on the wounds. Her left leg is bruised and she's not bearing much weight on it, and keeps it...
And I have no idea why! She just keeled over and died and the barn girl found her on her back, cold & dead.
I started out with 2 goslings and 2 ducks this spring. They were healthy, hilarious and we were really just getting to know each other. The geese had gotten pretty big and the 2 ducks...