So I need help here. I had a batch of baby chicks born. Ayman Cemani to be exact. And I got 1 little guy that has come out and can't open his eyes, and his toes are curled in. I don't know what to do. Ive tried some egg yolk, and sugar water and its kinda eating it. But I have no idea how im...
I was wondering about an outcome of some of my chickens being bread. I was wanting to know if anyone has tried breeding an
Ayam Cemani & Appenzeller Spitzhauben. If so, can you show me the results? Or show me a picture of what it would produce? I'm new to breeding chickens, haven't attempted...
Hello everyone,
So I'm looking for some advice about how I should house my rooster. Currently we have 1 rooster and 10 hens.He's a Ayam Cemani. He was one of 4 cemani we bought and I'm not 100% sure what the best way to keep him is. I've read lots of information, and I've seen some articles...
Hello everyone! We have a slight situation at hand. After watching YouTube, and many articles on BYC, I'm about 95% sure my chicken has dislocated her leg. Has anyone ever popped one back in place? If so, can you please walk me through it. Theres Not really any vets in my area for this type of...
Ok so I need some advice. Currently we have 7 chickens total. 2 hens that are just over the one year mark, and 5 that are roughly 5 to 6 months old. At the current moment we have them in 2 separate coops, tho they are literally side by side. BOTH of the older hens are sorta bullish to the...
Someone please clarify. Pretty sure My hen is egg bound. I've read the page about giving her calcium citrate +D3 and Epsom salt baths. I'm not sure if I can get the kind from Walmart for people, or if the CC+D3 has to be a chicken type. Google Is no help, please Someone point me in the right...
So I go to the coup like I do every day, and when I look inside to get the daily eggs, I find the linebacker of eggs!!! I mean seriously people, this thing is just huge compared to the normal eggs. Now foe context, the smaller egg in the picture is the standard for my girls. They are very, and...
Right now, its 0° outside!!
That's the temp as I type this, and it's not going to improve!
I know chickens do fine in cold weather, but that's on condition that they have certain requirements met. My girls are okay for now
( 2 black sexlings ) but with the wind going to drop this number...
So I've started winterizing the coup and the run before it's too late and I'm doing it in the snow! For now it's more then 50% open still...Had to get the approval of the tenants on quality! Lol 😆
Hello everyone!! To my chickens I'm the BCIC. ( Big chicken in charge ) 😆...But everyone else calls me Dustin! I've only had my girls for about 4 months now and it's been an amazing experience. My wife is actually the one who introduced me to both the idea of getting chickens, and this site...