My Broody Hen Li'l Miss has raised her 4 chicks. Tomorrow will they will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. She seems to be ready to move back to her flock and let the chicks fend for themselves. The chicks are healthy and ready to grow up. That is good with this chicken keeper.
Here is my question for...
Li'l Red is my 4 month old Sussex pullet. She was feisty self yesterday running around in the pen for my juvenile birds (4 to 6 months old). This morning she came out of the coop limping on one leg . I thought it was bumble foot at first. So I got chicken hospital ready. Soaked her in an Epsom...
I have a mess on my hands. This is my first broody hens with hatching chicks. My hens are 1 year old and this is their 1st broodyness, for lack of a better term. I say hens because one hen was sitting on everyone's eggs (mixed flock: Jungle Fowl, Brown Leghorn, and the broody mama who is an...
My Jersey Giant Chicks are 10 days old (The flock is 15 straight run chicks from a hatchery). This afternoon, I heard screeching from the brooder. Dashing to the brooder I find several chicks pecking at one chick's vent. I scoop up the chick and find it is bleeding from the outside of the vent...