Hi friends -- Can anyone familiar with foot issues take a look?
Is this bumblefoot? or something else? Advise?
She is walking around normally, not lethargic or acting differently at all.
First time Mama Hen sat on 9 eggs. 6 hatched, 4 survived. The other 3 she left in the nest.
It's about 4 weeks now. It was a staggered hatch over 3 days, so these babes have a few days between them.
They stayed in their own little cage in the chicken run for the first few days and then have...
Two have hatched yesterday and are doing well. One hatched overnight and found dead this am.
This one, mama pushed to the side. I see breathing. There's a little blood. Should I do anything?
The current status of my small flock:
-3 hens, a little over a year old
-1 rooster, about 15 weeks old
-3 chicks (from one of the hens who went broody), 4 weeks old
Of the 3 chicks, it's looking pretty obvious that one of them is a rooster.
I know we can't have 2 roosters with this small...
Hello. A baby chick (3 days old, hatched under broody) was accidentally stepped on by a child. The Chick was sort of flat and not moving for about a minute and then it perked up a bit and started standing and walking. Eventually it went under Mom and so we're just letting it stay there for now...
First time caring for chickens. I got 6 chicks about 6 weeks ago. I was told they were 3 weeks old at the time. We got them from our neighbor who has free-range chickens who spend a lot of time on our property. Two of them died without an obvious cause last week, and I have a question about...