I posted earlier about a single hatching of a chick - well the mother got killed last night. Now I have one lone chick - my question is how do you stand to listen to plaintiff cheeping because it misses mom - (I have it in the bathroom at the moment and it is eating) and the big question is how...
After hunting for days I finally was able to follow a broody hen back to the nest where I switched out the eggs with infertile ones. 3 weeks later after I assume she has been "brooding" the infertile eggs I was taking her food and water and hear a peeping noise. Sure enough there is a baby...
I had the code enforcer out here a couple months ago to see if I could something about the nitwits next door with their 4-wheelers and dirt bikes (no problems lately, but wanted to know my options in case it starts up again) - anyway he informs me that I have to have my chicken food 200 feet...
Two weeks ago one of my girls hatched out 9 babies. Now I'm wondering what to do with the roosters that I'm sure are lurking under all that down. I cannot kill them - so that is out. I know this sounds stupid but if I could find a vet to "neuter" them would that make them not fight or crow or...
I just discovered my cornish hen who has been AWOL for about 2 weeks has hatched a bunch of babies in the front yard. We have rat snakes and other predators. I wonder - should I move her to a rabbit cage (pretty large) along with the babies and unhatched eggs for them to be safer - or should...